Let’s first get the curiosity of the name out of the way. Yes, the island did derive its name because of a pigeon population residing happily there. These pigeons are similar to the feral pigeon and a ...
Colombo is a beautiful city. But even better, it’s a small, beautiful city. Unlike the teeming vastness of New York, or the byzantine mazes of London, Colombo, the financial heart of Sri Lanka, is a m ...
Cinnamon red Colombo, part of the dynamic Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts chain, won the ‘Best New Hotel of the Year’ award in the ‘Mid-Market’ segment at the 11th Hotel Investment Conference – S ...
CinnamonU embarks on a journey through Kandy to create a unique culinary experience. Here’s Chef Raminda Premarathne creating a contemporary Sri Lankan dish made using a Freshwater Common Carp a ...
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Mar 19, 2015
Sri Lanka prides itself on having a great many temples. Like churches in Europe, they’re part and parcel of the communities all over the island, and where there is a village one is almost guaranteed t ...
As soon as we set foot off our Sri Lankan airlines flight, we felt the comforting embrace of the tropics. The heat was instant yet hung low and thick, enveloping us in ever so gentle waves of warmth. ...
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Jan 12, 2015
I will be brief. It is 2AM and only 4 hours away of our wake up call. And, just in case you haven’t been here before, I am NOT a morning person so it won’t be easy to wake up. At all. Anyway, here is ...
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Jan 8, 2015
They’ve almost completely surrounded us now. There are four behind us, five to the left and one 12 foot tall mammoth to the right. Foot by foot they converge on our jeep. Their deep growls reverberate ...
When I first told a friend I was going to Sri Lanka, her first question was Are you going to climb that rock? That rock, she was referring to is called Sigiriya Rock, or Lion Rock. It’s the most visit ...
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Nov 26, 2014
There are a few things better than a great hotel. All things said and done, there’s a great deal of satisfaction to be had storming into a haze of light and comfort and demanding the best spread be se ...
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Nov 5, 2014