Category: Sri Lanka

  • A Life Less Ordinary Archives: Dancer and Political Provocateur, Venuri Perera

    A Life Less Ordinary Archives: Dancer and Political Provocateur, Venuri Perera

    For my third visit to the archives of ‘A Life Less Ordinary’, where I talk to interesting thinkers and doers from Asia, it’s Venuri Perera. Venuri is a Sri Lankan performance artist, choreographer, curator and educator whose work has been shown around the planet from Colombo to Berlin. She is trained in Kandyan dance, a…

  • A Life Less Ordinary Archives: Writer Ashok Ferrey

    A Life Less Ordinary Archives: Writer Ashok Ferrey

    I’ll never forget the time I got to spend with Sri Lankan polymath, writer and curator of The Ceylon Literary Festival, Ashok Ferrey, during one of the first recording sessions of my podcast, A Life Less Ordinary, back in 2017. My co-host, Tanya and I, got more than carried away by Ashok’s fascinating life and…

  • Black Cat: Colombo’s Best Eggs Ben, Iced Black Coffee, and Books

    I was a digital nomad from 2013 to 2017, building a digital agency, working as a creative strategist and exploring as much of world as I could in my spare time. It was during this time that I wrote an extensive piece about Colombo being a hidden hotspot for digital nomads, sharing my favourite places…

  • Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Hidden Tropical Hub for Digital Nomads

    Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Hidden Tropical Hub for Digital Nomads

    While Sri Lanka’s capital city Colombo isn’t the best representative of the tropical paradise most people envision the tear-shaped island to be, a growing number of interesting attractions and the city’s convenient location provide a great hub for travellers and fellow digital nomads. In this post I’ll share my perspectives on Colombo for travellers, nomads,…