Mount Lavinia Beach is Sri Lanka’s main sea-bathing spot. Here, depending on season, the waves can be swimmable and it’s host to some amazing sunsets.

This might sound morbid but the Borelle Kanatte is one of the most beautiful places you could visit. It’s been a burial ground for more than

Raja Segar is an institution on Colombo’s art circuit. He started sketching and selling unique hand-drawn post cards in the 70’s while struggling with a

By Rehan Mudannayake Pirated DVD stores are ubiquitous in Colombo, many housing vast quantities of contemporary Hollywood fare (your run of the mill live-action/animated blockbusters,

Our quest for the best street-level biryani in town continues. This week we ticked off an old Colombo 7 biryani classic Rahumania (next to Odel)

This may well be my favourite temple in the (south) central city. Simple, and compact without being cluttered, completely un-ostentatious. It’s basically an-anti-gangaramya. In a

On Hospital Road in Dehiwala, there is a somewhat awesome Feng Shui shop. Here you can get huge, weighty laughing Budai, dragon or pagoda statues,

Raigam doesn’t stand out for its clothing and fabrics, but they do have good and surprisingly affordable couches. There are at least four big handloom

Another post card from our city’s neglected centre. The General Post Office is one of the most impressive and significant buildings in Colombo. Sadly for