What makes a place meaningful is not its walls or fixtures. It’s how people feel inside it. If the people in a space feel seen, heard, considered, and understood, then that space becomes a kind of belonging. And that’s the only kind of hospitality we care about.

The South Coast rhythm is one of those things that’s easier to experience than to explain. Maybe it’s the insane sunsets that work like scheduled show-stoppers for each day. Maybe it’s the long-standing work-nap-work-nap local rhythm, born from generations of fishing and farming. Or it has to do with that discovery of a glitch in the matrix where Sri Lanka’s South Coast has the lowest gravitational pull on Earth…maybe it’s all those things. We don’t really know why, but we do

If you’re serious about levelling up your surf game, Surf Training Week at the Spice Trail is where it happens. This is not your typical...

The Spice Trail guide to making the most of your journey East. The journey from Colombo to Arugam Bay is one of the best ways to...

Some days, you get all the waves with no one else on the break. Some days, you catch a few good ones. But some days, you get none. The...

When you realise that the air you’re breathing is simply pure; that the food you’re relishing in, is nothing but goodness from the earth;...

Walking down Panama Road along the busy commercial strip of Arugam Bay where the Spice Trail is, someone may easily miss out on what lies...

Okay folks, it’s time we talk about how to do A’bay. Over the last few weeks, we’ve watched too many people come here for a short stay,...