My, what a year it has been! There have been ups, there have been downs—through it all, it has been thrilling. Though I am not a professional blogger (read as: I do not blog for a living), I have invested heavily in the professional packaging of my blog because I strongly believe that anything worth […]

Sri Lanka’s documented history spans 3,000 years, with evidence of pre-historic human settlements dating back to at least 125,000 years. It has a rich cultural heritage and the first known Buddhist writings of Sri Lanka, the Pāli Canon, date back to the Fourth Buddhist council in 29 BC. Its geographic location and deep harbours made it of great strategic importance from […]