Blogs from Western Province, Sri Lanka, Asia - page 20

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Hello from the 'teardrop' island of Sri Lanka, which I must say has made quite an impression on us! It takes the craziness of South East Asia to a whole new level and is certainly helping to prepare us for India! The people are really lovely and friendly (even when they are trying to scam us) and make the generally wonderfully hospitable S E Asian's look like they all are all joyless supermarket checkout chicks (no offence anyone). The weirdest thing is, even though Sri Lanka is becoming more frequented by western tourists we still feel like celebrities whenever we go anywhere! We are constantly being stared at and the service and hospitality we are offered is just ridiculously amazing! We have both started playing a little game where when we are stared at by yet ... read more

Sri-Lanka was a fun trip for us, even though it was short and sweet. We stayed in Beruwala. It is 2.5 hour drive from the city. We rented an apartment facing the beach side, which for us was a very simple paradise and not much to do but chill, hang out in the beach with cold beers, check out the turtle nesting ground and have curry for lunch and dinner. I wish we could have stayed longer with our friends, but there is always next time and this trip has given me more reasons to come back and explore Sri-Lanka. ... read more

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 20 minutes to get there by taxi. One of the reasons for skipping Colombo capital city is that the accommodation there is more expensive, plus busy traffic, longer distance from the airport (one hour drive) and also not much to see. I had two options before my arrival in Sri Lanka. If I felt well, I would take a local bus to Dambulla (one of ... read more

Welcome to Sri Lanka. We like this place already. It seems a little more organised and slightly less chaotic than India and the Sri Lankan people are so friendly. They have all heard of NZ thanks to Anchor butter and Shane Bond! Best of all it is quiet - the horn is only used when necessary! On arriving in Colombo it was not hard to notice the heavy security and check points. Sri Lanka held elections a couple of days before we arrived and the election results had been challenged by the opposition. A protest was planned for Wednesday but luckily we were leaving before that. There is still some uncertainty whether there will be a resurgence from the Tamil Tigers and the government in Colombo was still showing some caution - if that is the ... read more