Colombo New Year’s Eve Parties (2012)
‘Playground Premiere’ by Cantaloupe Playground Venue: Colombo Hilton Artists: DJ Sassy Pandez, Natalie Conway, DJ Beth Yen Extras: ‘Playground angels’, ie. dancers flown in from
‘Playground Premiere’ by Cantaloupe Playground Venue: Colombo Hilton Artists: DJ Sassy Pandez, Natalie Conway, DJ Beth Yen Extras: ‘Playground angels’, ie. dancers flown in from

The Planetarium is one of those places in Colombo that’s stayed more or less the same since 1965, give or take a bit of furniture

The Supun Arcade on Galle Road is probably Colombo’s cleanest and emptiest mall. It’s actually eerie because the stores are fully stocked, computers, phones and

Hotel De Pilawoos is one of the most popular 24 hour eateries named Pilawoos. Believe it or not, this is a big category; there are

While we’re secretly quite fond of our nathal papa, what as grown ups we find amusingly idiosyncratic, as children we found terrifying. The white Santa

Colombo has a bazillion Chinese restaurants, with new ones seemingly popping up every week. Sadly though, hardly any of ’em serve truly authentic Chinese cuisine,

YAMU takes a trip down memory lane and experiences resort heaven and resort hell at the Jetwing Lagoon and Tangerine hotel. The Tangerine hotel is

With its exceptional location (next door to the Dutch Hospital/opposite the World Trade Center) and rather fanciful French-colonial front (lots of balconies), the Colombo City

This bus stop in Battaramulla, however, is really nice. It’s large, actually serves its function, and has some cool cement cubes for you to sit

Machan is something of a godsend if you don’t reside within happy proximity to Colombo’s more central drinking establishments (see O! Bar, Sugar, Castle Hotel,