Negombo beach town (Sri Lanka - part 1)

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February 25th 2010

Published: February 25th 2010

When I booked my flights to Sri Lanka, I thought I would visit Colombo for a few days during my Lunar New Year holiday. After reading blogs and advice in the travel forums, I realized that one should not miss the ancient cities in the Cultural Triangle and it's better for tourists to stay in Negombo beach town. It's located 15km away from the Bandaranaike international airport and it takes about 2... Read Full Entry

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Hanoi_girl

theRedRiver

I am a Hanoi_girl who loves to travel. When working for a Japanese construction company in Hanoi, I had the chance to travel to 28 countries and to all the 63 provinces in Vietnam, including 25 trips to Huế city. Egypt, Mongolia and Italy are my love, and other favorite countries are Australia, France, New Zealand, Nepal, Fiji, Japan, India, Indonesia, Belgium, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China (8 trips, 15 cities), South Korea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Cambodia (3 trips), Brunei Darussalam, the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Laos (3 trips), Malaysia (4 trips), Singap... full info

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25th February 2010

Hideyuki Kobayashi
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Sri Lanka
Thanks for your detailed travelog, which is very adventuresome. It is a good guidance specially for budjet travellers on solo trip to Sri Lanka.

25th February 2010

John Strathearn
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Sri Lanca
It is very interesting to have this insight into the travel experiences of a Vietnamese woman travelling alone. Thanks also for the nice pics.

27th February 2010

Charles Lim
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Full of info
Hi Ha, I was planning to go to Sri Lanka this September for 1 week. I was going into the travelblog link to check some trabel info and was very surprised and happy to find your info on Sri lanka. What a coincidence. Your post really gives us a very detailed information what you have experienced in your travel. I am looking forward to your next part of the Sri Lanka travel story. Happy Tet by the way.

24th March 2010

Arfat
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Thanks for visit
I'm a Sri Lankan, actually it's really interesting about your self traveling to Sri Lanka.. i hope everyone would enjoyed their time in Sri Lanka.. still many things you missed in Sri lanka, i just hope government should support tourists, which is reduce the taxes and low down the payments, and increase the facilities for foreigners.. again thank you for your pictures... welcome again

24th March 2010

theRedRiver
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Transport system should be improved
Thank you for your comment. I wish Sri Lanka could set up a good tourist bus system like in Vietnam and Thailand. This would help us move around major tourist sites easily at reasonable prices. The public bus is too slow and uncomfortable, while car rental is US$90/day, so I couldn't travel too far. The visa fee of US$45 is a big amount too. When I visited Nepal, within my 10 day stay, I paid only US$25 for a visa. Hotels at the Cultural Triangle between US$25-40 may also be expensive for many tourists. Thanks to Air Asia, now we can fly to Colombo in a cheaper way.

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