Shopping in Sri Lanka
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Vijai Bookshop
Has a small but interesting selection of English-language titles in a back room.
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Cargills Food City
Near Bandaranayaka Mawatha, this place has traveller supplies and a pharmacy.
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Orchid House
A new teashop with a side line in jewellery and the sweet smells of incense.
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Buddhist Book Centre
Filled with books on Buddhism; about a third of the stock is in English.
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Cargills Food City
The Cargills Food City sells a wide range of goods and has a pharmacy.
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Hill’s
Self-caterers should head to Hill’s supermarket for canned goods.
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Laksana
Another place with a good selection of antiques and art works.
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Fresco Batiks
Check out the original designs at this batik manufacturer.
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Vijitha Yapa Bookshop
Good selection of novels, magazines, maps and guidebooks.
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Keells
This is a Western-style supermarket popular with expats.
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Keells
This is a Western-style supermarket popular with expats.
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Cargills Food City
Self-caterers can buy groceries at Cargills Food City.
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Vijitha Yapa Bookshop
Small shop with novels, magazines, maps and guidebooks.
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Sathosa
This supermarket is opposite the People’s Bank.
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Main Market
You can buy crafts in this colourful market.
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Liberty Plaza
Liberty Plaza sells photographic supplies.
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Photo Technica
Photographic Supplies & Repairs.
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Photo Technica
Photographic Supplies & Repairs.
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Photo Technica
Photographic Supplies & Repairs.
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Mark Bookshop
Has books about Sri Lanka.
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Dharshana Lanka Arts
Antique showroom.
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TCT Supermarket
This is a perfectly reasonable food-shopping option.
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Rosarian Convent
The convent makes Rosetto ‘wine’ (Rs 250 per bottle, takeaway only). Sweet and laced with cinnamon and cloves, it tastes like German gluhwein. There’s startlingly coloured grape ‘juice’ (Rs 125) and ‘nelli crush’ (Rs 175), both nonalcoholic, flavourful fruit cordials supposedly with laxative properties. Add water.
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Food City
Food City is central Jaffna’s most Western-style supermarket.
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