Sri Lanka – in the news for the wrong reason
I’ve just returned from an unsettling trip to Sri Lanka. The country has run of of fuel, electricity and dollars.& ...
It’s really not that bad
The youth was about 14 or 15. My age. He was running for his life. Naked, except for the torn remnants of a sarong held ...
Travel in the Age of Coronavirus
It was only a few weeks ago, but it seemed like we were living in a different age. My local grocery store had ample sto ...
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 ...
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 ...
Beauty Queens and Crabs
A sarong clad decrepit of indeterminate age greeted us at the Sea View Inn, off the Marine Drive in Colombo, Sri Lanka. ...
Ageing Queens Rarely Look Good
The Queen's Hotel circa 1918 My earliest memory of the Queen's Hotel in Kandy (Sri Lanka) was visiting the in-house ba ...
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 ...
Serendipity is a Tamarind Martini
Howzat! World class cricket is usually on offer in Sri Lanka. New Zealand getting thrashed in Galle. Take a fun loving ...