The Beggar Dilemma
In the scorching, dusty streets of Colombo the scene is all too familiar. As soon as the traffic lights switch to red, a beggar with a brawling toddler over her […]
Category Archives: Sri Lanka
Sex Slavery
Sex slavery sounds like something out of the Middle Ages. When women were examined, bargained and sold like meat. While you won’t see that happen so flagrantly today; it’s nonetheless […]
Our 3D Cinema? Meh.
I checked out Sri Lanka’s first 3D cinema last week. While it might have been that Three Musketeers was shot in 2D and rendered 3D later- it just wasn’t all […]
Death by Lightning
When CNN concentrates wholly on little ol’ Sri Lanka during the weather report– there’s reason for concern. Don’t head to the hills though; plenty of landslides predicted. The forecast […]
Wadduwa- Not PG13
…but pretty decent for beach bumming! I popped over to Wadduwa on Saturday for some beach bumming (because Colombo beaches are teeming with large noisy families and drunk people). And […]
I Got Copped
Of course, I hadn’t committed any terrible offence. It was just that one of the headlights of my car was busted; visibility was barely relatively all right. So around 11pm […]
Visa on Arrival- Canned
The Chinese prostitutes aren’t going to like it much. Neither will the paedophiles and the beach boys; which all together makes scrapping off the visa on arrival policy a good move by the government of Sri Lanka, I’d say.
Up in the Hills
There’s a fine line between adventure and plain stupidity; my last hike to World’s End was a tightrope walk on just that line. Yeah, that’ll teach me to be impulsive. Though, with luck on my side, I managed to get home alive.
