Colombo City Hotel
33 Canal Row, Colombo Fort Echelon Square Colombo, 00100, Sri Lanka
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Full Moon in the Jungle
At the end of my stay in Sri Lanka, I stayed at Sisira's River Lounge in Kithulgala as heavy rains doused the trees and made the surface of the Kelani River dance and sing. One clear night, however, on the full moon, I went exploring across the river with a local young guide. The humid moonbeams shone through the black jungle vegetation as we …
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Colombo et le Galle Face Hotel
... Moore et plus récemment Scarlett Johansson. Il semble aussi que Clarke aurait terminé son roman 2001 l'Odyssée de l'espace dans cet hôtel.
Ce soir, on décide de se payer un bon restaurant, un italien. C'était excellent. Lasagne pour Caro et tagliatelles pour Ben. C'est rare en Asie qu'on puisse trouver un si bon resto italien qui sert des pâtes fraîches et qui possède une pas pire carte de vin. Dommage qu'on avait plus faim pour essayer un des nombreux desserts alléchants ;)
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Twenty three years later
... traffic down to a crawl
- gone is the sound of frustrated drivers constantly leaning on their horns
Only one week later, and my romantic notion of perfection has been replaced by a bit of reality. I must admit that potholed roads are definitely still the norm in many areas. Oxcarts and bicycles are indeed gone, but have been replaced by literally millions of tuk tuks (three wheelers) whose drivers create havoc with ...
A rose between two thorns...not for the last time.
So in total we've spent 4 days in Colombo at the beginning, middle and end. It's a hot, congested city but with a few gems around the city. Speaking of gems, we went to see Nelia's gem merchant. If you ever come to Colombo you must visit his jewellery shop. We were taken into his office where we were shown a million different ...



