Category: Travel

+ Bright coloured tuk-tuks on Srilankan roads

Red Tuk-Tuks & Triumphant Rides in Colombo… Our Very Own Auto-Rickshaws In Kolkata

Tuk-tuks in Srilanka Tuk-tuk, as it’s lovingly called, is our very well known auto-rickshaw! Tuk-tuk is a beautiful name, absolutely lyrical & musical. The heroine (I refuse to believe that the tuk-tuk is male!) of today’s post is very significant. Why the tuk-tuk? Because it reminds me of situations which are extreme deviations from the world that is flashing across the television screen right … Read More Red Tuk-Tuks & Triumphant Rides in Colombo… Our Very Own Auto-Rickshaws In Kolkata

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Heritance Tea Factory Hotel – Nuwara Eliya, Srilanka

Nuwara Eliya, Srilanka: Nuwara Eliya means City of Lights. It is also called the Little England of Srilanka. Situated at 2000 m above sea-level, the old colonial hill retreat still smells of the delicate perfumes that the young, poised English ladies used to adorn themselves with as they strutted along in their white laces and pearls, roaming around in horse carriages as their men tried … Read More Heritance Tea Factory Hotel – Nuwara Eliya, Srilanka

+ The empty bench by the Kelani River - beckoning me to unblog it all!

Rafters Retreat in Kitulgala, Srilanka | Getting Started!

The secret of getting ahead is getting started ∼ Mark Twain Rafters Retreat – Kitulgala, Srilanka: Many scenes in the ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ were shot in Srilanka. Most of them were at Kitulgala including the last scene where the bridge explodes. Rafters Retreat takes us dangerously close to the water. The surrounding greens, the multiple shades of green reflected on the Kelani … Read More Rafters Retreat in Kitulgala, Srilanka | Getting Started!

+ Rafter's Retreat, Kitulgala, Srilanka

Rafters Retreat in Kitulgala, Srilanka | Getting Started

Rafter’s Retreat – Kitulgala, Srilanka… it takes us dangerously close to the water. The surrounding greens, the multiple shades of green reflected on the Kelani river, the empty bench beckoning me – this was predestined to be the first post of IshitaUnblogged! Many scenes in the ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ were shot in Srilanka. Most of them were at Kitulgala including the … Read More Rafters Retreat in Kitulgala, Srilanka | Getting Started