One of the most discussed topics in Sri Lanka today is the the unrest in our neighbourly Maldive islands with the democratically elected president Mr. Ibrahim Nasheed’s resignation. Many Sri Lankan websites and bloggers have been writing a lot about it. But these articles focus almost exclusively on current Maldivian politics and maybe some bits of Maldivian history. However among these ...
When it comes to health we look for THE BEST! Of course in these times best quality at a reasonable price. So, the best hospital in Colombo City of the hospitals in Sri Lanka is without doubt The Central (located at Col-10)! I have been there a couple of times (No worries, I’m fine), and to some other hospitals like ...
I just received the following SMS message on my mobile phone from Dialog Adaderana News Alerts. “All websites that publish news on Sri Lanka or its people from here or elsewhere requested to register with the Media Ministry-Govt Info dept- adaderana.lk – SMS Time: 05/11/2011 17:07:21″ As a average middle class citizen of Sri Lanka [...]
East Expo 2011 exhibition was held in a grand scale in the Trincomalee town from the 23rd to 27th September. During this exhibition Sri Lank Navy conducted a water sport festival which included a performance display of Sri Lanka Navy men and boats in action in the beautiful beach near the Trincomalee Fort. Following are [...]
A new improved and efficient, bi-directional type of pedestrian road crossing has being painted in Galle Road recently. Here is a photo of that zebra crossing. I saw this new pedestrian zebra crossing in Galle Road and other byroads in Colombo, Kollupitiya area. This pedestrian crossing is more broad than the normal zebra crossings [...]
After 15 years of plans and just idle talk from authorities, the Marine Drive in Colombo that currently runs parallel to the Galle Road is now being extended to Dehiwela. The first stage of the new Dehiwela Marine drive road seems to be the construction of a bridge over the old Dutch canal that separates [...]
A Special Malay Rice Dish Called “Nasi Goreng” Have you tasted Sri Lankan Malay foods? Frankly, until recently I handn’t. So I went with a friend to have dinner at this place auspiciously called as the, “Malay Restaurant” in Dehiwala Hill Street. When we went we saw they had several special Malay dishes I wanted to tryout like Malay Dum ...
An elephant walks in front of the Elephant Park hotel after a bath in MaOya river – (Photo was taken by my cousin in a recent visit to Pinnawela If you want to get the most of a visit to see wild Asian elephants at Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka then you [...]
What is the best place to buy clothes in Sri Lanka? I get queried often about the fashion stores in Sri Lanka, shopping in Colombo and about Colombo cloth shops. So I made the below list of the what I think are the Top 10 Fashion Stores in Sri Lanka. Nolimit Fashion Store in Wellawatte, Colombo 6 This list of ...
This photo shows the Old Town of Madampe. Though you see only a few shops along a highway this place and surrounding areas seem to have a lot of character, history and secret missions going on. I’ll share here what I heard about this area. I hope those from the Madampe area or know more [...]
I was very trilled yesterday when I got the opportunity to travel on the top deck or should I say the second floor, of a double Decker bus in Colombo yesterday. As far as I’m aware there are only three such double decker buses are currently operating in Sri Lanka. Due to this situation very [...]
Have you heard about the new shopping and service centers coming up in the Colombo Southern E1 expressway? I got some photographs of them on the way to Galle recently. Here they are. I took these photos using my normal Nokia phone’s camera. They aren’t high quality photos but you can see the new buildings of the southern expressway shopping ...
Even though Sri Lanka is a small and developing country, it currently has one of the busiest container port and largest harbour in the world. The Colombo port in Sri Lanka which is currently ranked as the 29th busiest port in the world in Wikipedia’s list of world’s busiest container ports. Above Pic: A New 1.5km long container quay of ...
This is how the Pettah Moratuwa public transport buses looked like in the 1970′s. Looking at the background of the photo I think this was taken when the bus was passing the Wellawatha-Dehiwela bridge in Galle road. Thanks to: Mrs. Uthpala Dilhan
been four years since I purchased my Samsung Champ (GT – C3300K). I bought it in the year 2010 for Rs. 10,500/= I really think it was worth the money. The full touch option has made many people say “Oh this must be an expensive phone!” “Wow a full touch phone!” I’m not this really smooth phone user. I have ...
Here are some photos of the Colombo Dehiwala beach. From faraway it still looks beautiful and picturesque. But when you go and walk around the beach all kinds of swear words will come to your mouth. I’m sad to say, Dehiwela beach is on the fast track to become another polluted and garbage filled stretch of city beach, like you find ...
Sri Lanka is under water again…. Here are some pictures of flooded bits of roads I encountered on my way to Colombo today morning. I encountered FOUR such flooded places in the roads on my way today from Wattala To Colombo. This flooded bit of road is in the place called Pansala Junction in Hunupitiya, Wattala area close to Kelaniya. It is ...
Here you see some photos of the Dehiwela Flyover bridge over the Colombo Galle Road at the Dehiwela Junction. At a glance anyone who looks at this flyover bridge which was built at record breaking speed of just three months in 2009 will see it as a sign of big development in Sri Lanka. However as you will learn from ...
What is the best place to buy clothes in Sri Lanka? I get queried often about the fashion stores in Sri Lanka, shopping in Colombo and about Colombo cloth shops. So I made the below list of the what I think are the Top 10 Fashion Stores in Sri Lanka. Nolimit Fashion Store in Wellawatte, Colombo 6 This list of ...
I have been using the Dove Damage Therapy Intense Repair shampoo for quite sometime now. May be about 2 to 3 years. I am really satisfied with this product. I have kind of curly thick unruly hair that gets knotted easily. The conditioner really works wonders with the knots. It detangles the hair like no other conditioner I have used ...