Cooking with mala
We had pleasure to learn a few sri lankan dishes from mala the housekeeper in our lovely air bnb villa in the jungle. Mala is probably the sweetest person we met on our travels through Sri Lanka. She is the house keeper of the…
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Curd
On our way down towards the southern provinces we had to stop the car several times because of the huge monitor lizards crossing the road. It was a lovely trip through the vegetable gardens of the country. On terraced fields a huge variety of vegetables…
Rotti
It did not take us long to fall for roti , these delicious breads you get everywhere. They come plain or filled with egg. You dip your roti, which is basically a flat bread with many layers maybe a cross between pita brad and fill…
Nuwara Eliya Market
Nuwara Eliya market is a little gem well hidden behind the houses of the main road. It’s a covered market which makes it especially beautiful because of the lights. Nuwara Eliya is a funny town with all the British style. It was cold and grey…
Kandy – Nuwara Eliya
After a night in the hills behind Kandy we took the train to Nuwara Eliya. The train was so packed that my feet literally did not fit into the train anymore … whenever there was a tunnel I had to quickly pull them in! The…
Kandy by night
Night walks are my favorite walks – especially if it’s really dark. Then the light from sighs and advertisements transform everything. I love how illuminated shops, windows and hallways send my imagination into overdrive and I start picturing the life of the people living in…
Buddha s tooth
Kandys main attraction is a temple holding Buddhas tooth which was the one thing my friend wanted to see in Sri Lanka. We checked into a small guest house and headed to the temple. Before going in we bought a few offerings at the stalls…