The view coming into the hill town of Kandy in Sri Lanka.
The guide books all tell the unsuspecting traveler that they must take the train to Kandy. They entice us with tales of First Class observation car travel and spectacular views as one rises into the hill country and leaves the hustle and bustle of Colombo behind. I fell for it. Continue Reading…
I did not really have lunch with Geoffrey Bawa as he died in 2003. What I did do was to visit his old studio which has been turned into the Gallery Café.
Geoffrey Bawa was famous! In fact he was the most important Asian Architect of his time. A product of a wealthy Colonial upbringing he was educated in England at Cambridge and the Architectural Association in London. He returned to Colombo from England in 1957 to set up a practice…he was 38. Continue Reading…
