Sri Lanka Doorman Turns 90. Has Worked At Galle Face Hotel Since WWII
Posted on February 20, 2010 - Filed Under Photography, Sri Lanka | Leave a Comment
A happy 90th birthday to K. Chattu Kuttan, the doorman at Sri Lanka’s Galle Face Hotel. He has worked there since 1942 when he witnessed a Japanese Zero crash land on the hotel grounds. I have stayed in the grand but musty old hotel a couple of times. In its days of glory The Galle [...]
Read More..>>Sri Lanka: As Green as it Gets
Posted on August 12, 2008 - Filed Under Sri Lanka, Sustainable Tourism | Leave a Comment
The video takes you from the sea at Negombo to Vil Ulyana , a stunning eco-friendly resort on the plain near the rock fortress Sigiria, with its lusty lady cave paintings, the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Polonnaruwa, the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, the Temple of the Tooth at Kandy, a look at ficus the [...]
Podcast VideoAn Interview with Arthur C. Clarke
Posted on March 19, 2008 - Filed Under Video, Sri Lanka, Sustainable Tourism, Tech & Science | Leave a Comment
I am headed to Sri Lanka next week and asked a mutual friend of mine and the late Arthur C. Clarke if it would be possible to see him. “I’ll try, but he is very weak”, was the reply. Clarke, of course, passed away yesterday. I spent a day in 1994 exploring the sandbox that [...]
