A Night in Colombo
It’s my first visit to Colombo since the terrible Easter Sunday bombings. The nation has been here before - for 26 year ...
Around the Pearl – cycling a lap of Sri Lanka
The peleton left the hotel at 5am from Arugam Bay in Sri Lanka. It was still dark. At 5:20 the blinking red lights on ...
We’re up all night to get lucky
I hate early morning flights. I usually sleep through the alarm and miss them. A few years back I discovered that the be ...
Where to Martini in Colombo
Updated June 2017 Anytime someone visits Sri Lanka I get asked for a list of bars to visit in Colombo. Here's my curren ...
The Big Match – cricket, topless Russians and mosquitoes
The boys storm the girl's school in broad daylight. The more athletic jump over a boundary wall. A wheeler dealer type g ...
Of Tuk Tuks and Politics
Discussing the current situation in the Middle East with perfect strangers is not recommended. Doing so in Sri Lanka wit ...
Cocktails in Colombo
Neglected colonial era buildings have been converted into stunning boutique restaurants and arcades - this is a former ...
Valentine’s Day Shaken and Stirred in New York, London, Cape Town and Colombo!
Fit for rocking romance - the Tudor Room at the Gore Hotel in London. Saint Valentine was a third century saint associ ...