When most travellers speak about the Knuckles Mountain Range in Sri Lanka, they usually say the same things. They talk about the famous "Mini World’s End" cliffs. They talk about the thick cloud forests. They describe the skyline that looks like the knuckles of a...
I arrived in Jaffna with salt on my skin and limestone dust on my shoes, though I didn’t know it yet. The north of Sri Lanka doesn’t announce itself with lush drama or postcard waterfalls. Instead, it whispers. It’s a place of porous stone and patient wells, of...
I didn’t plan to learn the social structure of a Sri Lankan village from a boutique, but that’s how it happened. Not from a council meeting, not from a newspaper, not even from a temple sermon—but from a small roadside shop no bigger than a living room, where biscuits...
I arrived in the village just as the first light spilled across the fields, a liquid gold that seemed to dissolve the morning mist. Immediately, I noticed the hum: soft, steady, and vibrantly alive. It wasn’t the mechanical drone of a machine or the artificial buzz of...
Some places call you softly like a whisper from behind the mist. Kotmale is one of them. Tucked deep in Sri Lanka’s central highlands, this region is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbors: Nuwara Eliya, Kandy, Hatton. Travelers rush past it on winding roads,...
If you’ve read about Dambana before, chances are it was framed as a headline—Sri Lanka’s last indigenous tribe, vanishing culture, ancient people in a modern world. I arrived carrying those phrases like luggage I didn’t realize I’d packed. It took only a few hours in...
Some places in Sri Lanka feel ancient. Others feel sacred. And then there is Ussangoda—a place that feels like the Earth herself has paused mid-sentence. I first heard about Ussangoda while scrolling through local folklore late one rainy night. The words red soil,...
Part 1: Welcome to Udawalawe – The Heart of Elephant Country Imagine a vast, open landscape where thorny shrubs and scattered grasslands stretch towards a dramatic backdrop of misty central highlands.1 The air is warm, filled with the distant chatter of birds and the...
Anuradhapura's Evening Allure Anuradhapura, a city steeped in millennia of history, stands as a profound testament to Sri Lanka's ancient heritage. Recognized globally as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is revered as a pivotal spiritual center, particularly for...
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