A heritage traveller's map of the island — from the western harbour to the Jaffna fort, from the southern walls to the upcountry bungalows. Select a region to see its places and stories.
Ceylon planter life| The old photograph shows the sort of house we still associate with Ceylon’s planting districts: a long bungalow, tiled roof, several chi…
There are old houses in Sri Lanka where the people have long gone, yet traces of their lives seem to remain.Mount Franion at Muruthalawa is one of them. M…
High above the plains beyond Bandarawela, among the tea estates and steep hills of Poonagala, stands an old plantation bungalow carrying the name of a man wh…
Ceylon tea estate machinery | There are plenty of things from the old tea estates that have disappeared without much notice. This rather ungainly machine …
Queen Elizabeth II in Nuwara Eliya| There are photographs from old Ceylon that do more than record history. They seem to hold a moment still. One such pho…
