Eight of us set off to Yala, in the south of Sri Lanka. When the trip was planned, Jezzabel and I made it clear that while we would joi...
In my second book, The Whinging Pome: To The Point, I noted that Ireland’s most notable exports have been people, Guinness, and the I...
It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it. I have just walked the length of the main beach street of Unawatuna, the southern Sri Lankan t...
There has been a troubling unprofessionalism in the Dept. of Education these last few decades and it is pleasing to see that the advent...
Last week was the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland. Visiting the site has been on ...
It has been twenty years since my last visit to Bangkok. Yet, having done two trips there in six months I see much has changed. A b...
Think a vacation is out of reach because of your bank balance? Think again. Traveling on a budget isn’t just doable—it’s an adven...
When travelling around Sri Lanka, you can’t help but see how many temples there are. Not surprising when seventy per cent of the popu...
Vietnam just beat Thailand in football for the first time in twenty years. Nobody is going to bed tonight. The country is one of the fa...
For years, young Sri Lankans had one goal when it came to travel: the overseas trip. Whether it was backpacking through Southeast Asia ...
Most people know Verona from all those love-themed movies like “Letters from Juliet,” “Romeo and Juliet,” and “Love in the Vi...
In an era where smartphones have become our most trusted travel companions, discovering the hidden gems of Sri Lanka has never been eas...
There are said to be over four hundred waterfalls in Sri Lanka. Lanka Council of Waterfalls say there could be more, some known to loca...
For the first decade of living in Sri Lanka, Hikkaduwa was a place I drove through to get to my favourite city of Galle. It is seventee...
It’s five a.m. and we set off to Jhalana forest some twenty minutes away from our base in Jaipur, Northern India. It’s January and ...
When life gives you an invitation to the Seychelles, you pack your bags, grab your camera crew, and dive headfirst into this tropical w...
Tangalle in southern Sri Lanka on the A2 is noted for its bays, beaches, reefs, and mangroves. There are also turtle projects on some b...
The recently concluded World Travel Market (WTM) in the UK saw Sri Lanka’s largest-ever contingent, with over 100 booths representing...
The newest addition to the W15 Collection – W15 Ambuluwawa blends itself into the mountain folds of the Ambuluwawa Biodiversity Compl...
In the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, on the crossroads of many cultures since 6000 BC lies Malta. Hence, an island of immense histor...
There are two major places on the island of Sri Lanka to find the ass, Kalpitiya and Mannar. Ass is both a singular and plural name for...
Kandy is said to be the most tourist visited city in Sri Lanka. It has a long history and was established back in 1470. The English nam...
Negombo in Sinhalese is ’’Meegamuwa’’ which means, ’’mass of bees’’. Well, I certainly got stung; I built a house close...
For those who have flown economy, boarded a flight, walked nervously down the aircraft aisle, looking ahead with fear and trepidation t...
The Pushkar Camel Fair is held in Rajasthan, India in November each year. It coincides with the Kartik Purnima full moon celebrations. ...
It’s our fourth stay at the hundred and f ifty year old tea estate bungalow. We like to be just out of Nuwara Eliya in the hills of S...
We, that’s my driver and I start with four goals in Maradana, Colombo. The Railway Station, the Tower Theatre, Elphinstone Theatre, t...
On my Indian bucket list, there are so many places I still want to visit, though I’ve spent over a year in the country. They includ...
Sandals Balapitiya, part of the prestigious Edwards Collection portfolio, is a small, intimate villa offering a serene escape with stun...
