We started our ‘What to Know About…’ posts after our trip to China where we found ourselves marvelling over things that we somehow missed in our guidebooks and research (I think the biggest surprise was little kids in crotchless pants, or none at all, for ease of relieving themselves), so they are essentially small anecdotes…
Sri Lanka is an incredibly beautiful country and we have especially loved hopping from beach to beach in the south. I know there is more to discover in Sri Lanka, national parks, UNESCO sites, temples and cultural gems. But we haven’t really done any of that. When the beaches look like this, it’s pretty hard…
Why should you visit Mirissa? Here’s why: Need I say more?
Our mostly winging-it plan for Sri Lanka was to do a clockwise sweep of the lower half of the island nation. This plan fell through when we found that our option to head to the east coast from Kandy would involve several stops by bus or train, with no two people quoting us the same…
I’ve mentioned before that the real reason why Sri Lanka came onto my radar was after watching a travel show and seeing Sigiriya (Sri Lanka’s Uluru). It was one of those sights that you just see and know that you have to check it out yourself. We made our way to Sigiriya from the town…
Sri Lanka was one of two places that I had whittled down from many to be my ‘must-sees’ for this trip. I wanted to arrive in Colombo bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to storm the island and take it all in. Instead, we arrived pre-dawn at five in the morning and were mighty thankful…