Remon Ellegala
A Victoria Range House, Digana
A beautiful family home has become vacant and with efforts to try and support the local people working there, we have decided to rent it...
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Remon Ellegala
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Bye bye old, Hello New!
It feels like we are currently going through open heart surgery with our old kitchen completely gone. Unfortunately, our old mud-built...
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Remon Ellegala
Jun 1, 20225 min read
A broken Sri Lanka
In my last post we spoke about 'light at the end of the tunnel'. This was back in October when the worst of Covid was behind us. Well, it...
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Remon Ellegala
Oct 2, 20213 min read
Sri Lanka post COVID.
Sri Lanka, a little island distant from the 'so called' developed world, can finally see some light at the end of the tunnel, and what a...
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Remon Ellegala
Nov 9, 20202 min read
Very saddened.
We are absolutely gutted at the news that the Government has taken the decision to revoke Circular 05/2001, which protects 700,000...
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Remon Ellegala
Jul 1, 20202 min read
The past four months.
Now that we are finally opening our doors again we would share what our life has been like in the past four months. Tourism has been...
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Remon Ellegala
Nov 1, 20191 min read
We are going organic.
Imagine starting your cooking lesson by plucking your own fresh beans or picking your eggplants for your aubergine curry. Well, this is...
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Remon Ellegala
May 26, 20193 min read
Easter Sunday Attacks
On 21 April 2019 my country of Sri Lanka was victim of another inhuman attack. As if a 25 year civil war, a natural disaster and...
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Remon Ellegala
Apr 24, 20194 min read
Buddhism and the Village
BUDDHISM AND THE VILLAGE Having spent some time here at Polwaththa Eco Lodges, you would have experienced authentic village life in the...
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Remon Ellegala
Mar 9, 20192 min read
Introducing Polwaththa Homestays
Kandy, the last kingdom and the second largest city of Sri Lanka, is visited by almost every foreign tourist to this country for her rich...
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Remon Ellegala
Mar 9, 20192 min read
Our Forest Healing Foundation
It has been 10 years since the Ellegala family (Sri Lankan/Dutch) started Polwaththa Eco-Lodges in their ancestral village near Kandy,...
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Remon Ellegala
Mar 9, 20193 min read
A DIFFERENT LIFE-STYLE
The villages surrounding Polwaththa Eco Lodges is where you can see a simple Way of Life which has fascinated our visitors. We therefore...
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Remon Ellegala
Mar 9, 20191 min read
What to consider when visiting us
As we are very unique in relation to other hotels in the Kandy region there are certain things to consider. a) Plenty of soft T-shirts...
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Remon Ellegala
Mar 9, 20191 min read
Travelling through Sri Lanka by Train
Sri Lanka is becoming an increasingly popular tourism destination, and travelling through the country using local transport has never...
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