We used Colombo as a point to breakup out journey from the north down to the beach. While to trip from Dumbulla to Anuradhapura only took a couple hours on the way up, the way back required driving during the
On our way from Anuradhapura to Colombo, we made a detour to Sigiriya to visit yet another UNESCO world heritage site, Sigiriya. Sigiriya, meaning "Lion's throat", in Sinhalese, is an ancient rock fortress where King Kashyapa built his palace. He had
After 10 hours of flying and 3 hours of driving, we found ourselves at Ulagalla Resort. Despite our arrival at 6am, the staff greeted us with warm smiles, introduced us to the Sri Lankan traditions of lighting the oil lamp, ringing the bell and
I fell in love with Hong Kong. It is unlike any other city I have been to. Upon first site, it reminded me of a very large chinatown. I landed in the city centre after a red-eye flight from Delhi, and
I made a very quick trip to Delhi to attend one of my closest friend's weddings. While Amit's welcome gift consisted of a fantastic tour book of Delhi, I can't say I had a chance to use it. With only 4
A week after being in Milan, I jumped on a plane once again, and headed back to Italy - this time to Venice. The sunshine group was traveling through Italy so I decided to meet my parents in their last stop,
This past weekend, 17 ladies descended upon Italy's fashion capital for a weekend of food, wine and shopping. Our little boutique hotel, Hotel Maison Casa Borella, was in the Navigli area, right along the canal. While this made for some noise
8/19/11 – 8/31/11 I had visited India all my life, but never without my family. I wanted to look beyond my childhood visits (not to mention, the pollution and poverty), and see India through a different lens – I wanted to
The summer has been filled with all sorts of travel, so much that there has been no time to blog about it. In May, my classmates and I decented on Istanbul, where Gokhan and Merve did a fantastic job of
Since our flight was Monday morning, we spent the last night in Palermo. We arrived early evening, and stayed near theatre politeama. While I haven't compared it with other locations in Palermo and didn't do any sight seeing, this was