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Island Spice Grove: ayurvedic treatments
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Name of Shop: Island Spice Grove
This place sells ayurvedic oils and spices, and also offers treatments (head massage, body massage, steam). They also tour you around the garden, showing how things grow and what their ayurvedic uses are. The actual massage facilities are pretty primitive by western standards. The massage was good, though, and I really found the steam treatment relaxing.
What To Buy: I loved the flavor of the spice tea they sell here. Also the cocoa tea.
What To Pay: You could spend quite a bit at one of these places. They take credit cards.
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Theme: Bath and Beauty
Phone: 0094-35-41637
Address: 25 Utuwankanda, Mawanella
Directions: On the road from Colombo to Kandy (close to Kandy).
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Matching Centre: Shopping for saris
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Name of Shop: Matching Centre
This was one of about 6 or 7 shops in a row that all sold saris. We don't know if our guide (in the picture, on the left) knew the proprietors of this one, or if he had only been there before.
What To Buy: This shop had lots of sari materials of differing quality, along with some other dresses and blouses, etc.
What To Pay: The sari material itself ended up costing about US$10-$12 per sari, although there were some materials that were less expensive. Expect to pay another US$3-5 to have a blouse made to order (we had them made at another location, close to our hotel in Negombo).
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Theme: Women's Clothes
Phone: 424742
Address: 162/S. Main Street, Colombo 11, Sri Lanka
Directions: opposite Khann Clock Tower, in the Pettah area
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alycat Wed Oct 26, 2005 01:42 UTC
Useful tips for a backpacker! | V_Minx Wed Jan 5, 2005 17:27 UTC
Laura, Hope your New Year is starting out right. Thought I'd kick off 2005 by handing out some ratings to my friends. Great pages! | bijo69 Tue Oct 12, 2004 18:58 UTC
Planning to visit Sri Lanka in November, so I'm very thankful for your tips! Well done! | srupesh Fri Sep 3, 2004 11:51 UTC
Well Constructed pages. Good info and great pics. Any plans to visit Sri Lanka again. Rupesh |
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