SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Ancient Sri LankaThe waterlords of ancient Sri LankaQuote Unesco Courier, Jan 1985: Dr. Ananda Guruge”LET not a single drop of rain that falls on this island flow into the ocean without first serving humanity.’ This was the governi…

Most British Newspapers praise the Sri Lankan young man, The only one who could surf standing on his head Sep 7, 2008Source: Lankaweb.com - By Walter Jayawardhana A dark …

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Sinhalese influence abroad.
The spread of Buddhism Following is an excerpt from the book “Ceylon Past & present” by C. M. Enriquez The introduction of Buddhism into Sri Lanka in the third century B.C. …

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Sinhalese influence abroad.
The spread of Buddhism Following is an excerpt from the book “Ceylon Past & present” by C. M. Enriquez The introduction of Buddhism into Sri Lanka in the third century B.C. …

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Sinhalese influence abroad.
The spread of Buddhism Following is an excerpt from the book “Ceylon Past & present” by C. M. Enriquez The introduction of Buddhism into Sri Lanka in the third century B.C. …

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Sinhalese influence abroad.
The spread of Buddhism Following is an excerpt from the book “Ceylon Past & present” by C. M. Enriquez The introduction of Buddhism into Sri Lanka in the third century B.C. …

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Sinhalese influence abroad.
The spread of Buddhism Following is an excerpt from the book “Ceylon Past & present” by C. M. Enriquez The introduction of Buddhism into Sri Lanka in the third century B.C. …

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Sinhalese influence abroad.
The spread of Buddhism Following is an excerpt from the book “Ceylon Past & present” by C. M. Enriquez The introduction of Buddhism into Sri Lanka in the third century B.C. …

Angununmitiyawatha, Matale, Kandy, Sri Lanka

“Dear me, it is beautiful.’ And most sumptuously tropical.”Mark Twain’s comment when his ship reached Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1896Images of Sri Lanka through American eyesH.A.I. GoonetilekeInternational Communication AgencyEmbassy of the United State…

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Unsurpassed heroism: women in MahavamsaBy Samangie Wettimuny, Sunday Observer, Sri Lanka A close examination of Mahavamsa, the great chronicle which contains the details of Sri Lanka’s authentic history, makes us un…

Sri Lanka Holidays: Cinnamon BeachSustainable tourism (Green i.e., eco) credentials of the hotelTo be editedLocationLocated 60 km south of Colombo & 100 km south of Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), Katunayake the hotel occupies the prim…

Sri Lanka holidays: no tombIn the year 205 B.C., Sinhalese king Asela (215-205 B.C) of the island of Lanka was vanquished by marauding Dravidian invader from Southern India & ruled the dry plains for four decades. The appraisal of Elara (205-161 B….

British Colonialists in CeylonVictoria DamAt the commissioning of Victoria dam of Mahaweli River diversification Project on 12th April 1985, Minister Gamini Dissanayake in his speech carried an implication that UK grant-aided Victoria multi-purpose res…

Kala WewaFollowing is an excerpt from “An Illustrated Guide To The Buried Cities of Ceylon” by Dorothy Jones-Bateman published in the year 1932There have been several references in this book to the tank of Kala Wewa which can be reached, as already sta…

Sanda Kalum of Sandamali by bunpeirisOh! Myeee….Look at that! Did you see that? Hold me tight, I am reeling.A lissome woman of matchless grace from Sri Lanka flashes her Sanda Kalums (Moon beams) That’s non other than Sandamali meaning Moon face in S…

Ven. Medhananda thero tells Thoppigala area was the birthplace of Suranimala and that many national treasures are buried there. July 17, 2007 by lrrp Archeologist Venerable Ellawela Medhananda, rejected the notion expr…

We bring you the right stuff: it is no less than “The Total Holiday Experience” (THE) . Good things come in small packages, and Sri Lanka, the island itself is a compact yet peerless tourist package. The sheer variety of topography, ecological d…

Hotel Serendib, Sri LankaThe recent brand ratings evaluated by Brand Finance Limited (Pvt.) Ltd and published in the LMD issue of April 2008, rates Serendib Hotels among the top 100 Brands in Sri Lanka.Sustainable tourism (Green i.e., eco) credential…

Sri Lanka Holidays: Sigiriya Village Sustainable tourism (Green i.e., eco) credentials of the hotelThe restaurant offer organic & local food: all meals are prepared using fresh produce directly from the hotel’s extensive organic farm. Sigi…

Sigiriya Hotel, Sri LankaSustainable tourism (Green i.e., eco) credentials of the hotelTo be editedThe recent brand ratings evaluated by Brand Finance Limited (Pvt) Ltd. and published in the LMD issue of April 2008, rates Sigiriya Hotel, among the top …

Sri Lanka Holidays: Club Bentota, (Formerly known as Robinson Club)Sustainable tourism (Green i.e., eco) credentials of the hotelTo be editedLocation: 100 km south of Bandaranaike International airport (CMB), 60 km south of Colombo at Bentota Bay…

Sri Lanka Holidays: Jetwing Vil Uyana Sigiriya, Sri Lanka Sustainable tourism (Green i.e., eco) credentials of the hotelJetwing Youth Development Project (JYDP) 2006This project won the PATA Grand Award 2007 for Training and EducationRiolta specia…

The glory of the Sinhalese of Ancient Lanka Sinhalese are an endangered nation. bunpeirisIf you are a Sinhalese Catholic by Ranjith Soysa You must know that your ancestors had to adopt Christianity to survive and take advantage of the priv…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: King Kirti Sri Raja Sinha (1747-1782) Year 1747 ushered a revivalist period following the enthronement of King Kirti Rajasinha, a scholar. The new sovereign was from the very commencement of his reign greatly interested in spiri…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: A NARRATION ON CEYLON IN 1812 BY AN ENGLISHMAN IN THE ISLAND OF CEYLON (SRI LANKA) Introduction to the book Ceylon Past & Present by Major C. M. Enriquez, F.R.G.Shttp://www.antiqbook.com/boox/blacks/56142.shtml The oldes…

Sri Lanka, one of BBC TV’s50 Places To See Before You Die In 2003, the BBC asked its viewers where would they like to visit before they die. SRI LANKA is one of the top 50 places selected. Unfortunately the ancient tropical island in the orient is the…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: exotic destinationsQuote Kippreport Travel agents would add greedy hotels to the litany: when the sun shone brightly on Dubai three, even two years ago, most hotels happily raked in as much as they could with four-star properties i…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS; Ceylon Cinnamon & Dutch East India Company The one anxiety of the Company’s (1) officers, who desired to win the approbation of the Directors, was to secure every year the ten thousand bales of Cinnamon (2) which provided the…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Kumbukriver eco-lodge, Sri LankaSri Lanka’s KumbukRiver has been picked among the world’s best eco-lodges, for the second year by the World Travel Awards.KumbukRiver, a 14-acre up market eco-lodge by the waters of Kumbukkan Oya ri…

Dimbulagala Raja Maha Viharaya LocationDimbulagala of Sri Lanka Holidays is an archeological complex located 20km east of Polonnaruwa, the ancient kingdom of reservoirs (846 AD-1302 AD), one of the 7 world heritage sites of Indian ocean island of Sri …

Hail Lanka!Let others belaud the ways of the West,Or homeland or township, wherever it be,However mighty, however blest -Lanka, my Island, you are all to me.When homeward I keel from travels afar,And your mountains arise like wraiths from the sea,By ro…

Greed of Bruce Fein got the better of Greed of Tamils, who wanted to continue occupying the box seat they had been enjoying during the colonial times (1815-1948) thanks to the Christian missionary schools in Jaffna & infamous favouritism of the B…

Biodiversity Hotspots: Part 3. July 10th, 2008 |http://www.treasurenature.com/ Environment, Natural Wonders Western Ghats and Sri Lanka (the Ghats are in Southern India). The region harbors important populations of Asian elephants, Indian…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Taprobane Island , Sri LankaTaprobane Island, nominated by Conde Naste Traveller as one of the Top 50 romantic escapes in the world is an ideal resort for your Sri Lanka Holidays.It is an ideal venue for weddings, private partie…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Bentota Beach Hotel, Sri LankaWith Bentota river bank on one side & palm fringed pristine beach on the other, spread over 22 acre block in the famous sliver of land-The Paradise Island- Bentota Beach Hotel provides you an exc…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Casa Colombo If you are weary of sky scrapping large corporate hotels & yearns for old world charm in the city of Colombo itself, Casa Colombo of Sri Lanka Holidays is located close to the beaches of Mount Lavinia is the sere…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Best Eco LodgesSri Lanka Holidays has been enhanced with eco-oriented resorts for a couple of decades. Kumbuk River is one the the latest properties developed with a view to higher level of tourist traffic in Sri Lanka.Kumbuk Rive…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS; SRI LANKA & THE DUTCHFollowing is an extract from Ceylon & the Hollanders (1658-1796) by Dr. Paul E. PierisYear 1918 Footnotes are mine. bunpeiris The Hollander declared, as unctuously as is usual, that God had entrusted h…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: There’s A Kind Of HushMy father would tell Arabian nights stories even to the adults; the fate of a pre-teen prince who was hidden, by his father, a king, in a tunnel in an isolated island with no inhabitants. An adult prince from…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: THE BATTLE AT THE GIANT’S TANK, NORTH EAST OF SRI LANKAThe Land of Delights, Sri Lanka has the misfortune of giving birth to the Second Pol Pot of Asia. So have his parents.Inspired by the leadership, the Defence forces, by taking …

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: The Boulder Garden Resort,Sri LankaBoulder Garden is a modern day consummate Boulder Garden is a modern day consummate combination of twist, turn & rock of ancient Sri Lanka’s tradition of building onto the Rock caves.But then…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS:Amaya Reef, Hikkaduwa, Sri LankaEvery one of Amaya Reef’s 54 rooms features beach views from the balcony as well as from terrace.An outdoor pool, situated to enjoy views of the sea, like every location at Amaya Reef.Amaya Reef arra…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Kumbuk River, Buttala,Sri LankaLocated 250km from Colombo, Kumbuk River at Buttala is Sri Lanka’s most exclusive eco-hideout, where the entire 10-acre resort could be at your command with absolute privacy.Kumbuk River is the eco-…

SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS: Best Eco LodgesKumbukRiver, Sri Lanka is a CSR initiative by The 7th Frontier. It has just been voted for the 2nd time by the World Travel Awards as among the world’s best eco-lodges.