Yala or Udawalawe – The Honest Comparison Every Sri Lanka Traveller Needs Before They Book
Almost every Sri Lanka itinerary includes a safari day, and almost every first-time traveller defaults to Yala National Park without seriously considering the alternative. Yala’s reputation is genuinely deserved, but it isn’t automatically the right choice for every traveller, and Udawalawe National Park, further along the south coast, offers a meaningfully different experience that suits […]
The Cultural Triangle: What the Three UNESCO Sites Actually Involve and the Order That Makes Most Sense
The Cultural Triangle is the name given to the cluster of ancient sites in Sri Lanka’s dry-zone north, and three of them – Sigiriya, Dambulla and Polonnaruwa – carry UNESCO World Heritage status individually. Most European heritage travellers arrive knowing the names but not what each site actually involves, how long each genuinely needs, or […]
Why Ceylon Cinnamon Is Nothing Like What You Have Tasted Before – And How to Find the Real Thing in Sri Lanka
Almost everything sold as cinnamon in a European supermarket is not cinnamon at all. It is cassia, a related but distinct bark from a different tree, coarser in flavour and considerably cheaper to produce. True cinnamon – Cinnamomum verum, known in the trade as Ceylon cinnamon – comes from one place in commercial quantity, and […]