TRAVELING FROM NEGOMBO TO CHILAW – SRI LANKA
Heading north from Negombo you’ll pass the villages of Marawila and Mahawewa. The latter is well known for its batik workshops, whose owners are usually happy to show visitors round and offer pieces for sale at slightly lower prices than in tourist shops elsewhere around the island. A few further resort hotels and guesthouses dot […]
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What to see in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s superb beaches lie all along its coastline, with sandy coves and estuaries and long palm-fringed stretches. They vary greatly in character. Beaches on the west coast of the island, conveniently close to Colombo and the airport, tend to be the most crowded, but offer opportunities for water […]
CINNAMON IN SRI LANKA
One of Sri Lanka’s most attractive commodities, in the eyes of the Portuguese and Dutch, was the plentiful Cinnamon which grew along the west coast of Sri Lanka. Today Sri Lanka is still producing over 90% of the world’s cinnamon. Cinnamon — “the bride around whom they danced” — grew wild in the jungles and […]
The first site you’ll pass heading towards Dambulla at heart of the Cultural Triangle is the monastery of Aluvihara, occupying a number of caves in a picturesque valley about 8 km (5 miles) north of Matale. It was in these caves that the Buddhist doctrines were first committed to paper— or rather ola leaf — […]