Beruwela (Sri Lanka)

Advantages: Very Hot, Lovely Beach
Disadvantages: Touts, Poverty, Mosquitos

...We have recently come back from Beruwela (Sri Lanka). We flew from Heathrow on Sri Lankan Air Lines. The flight it self was nearly 10 hours but made as comftable as possible. On each seat was TV screen, the various channels included 3 film channels, comedy channel and also a channel where you could map out the journey. The meal service was first class. Food was Sri Lankan food and you had a choice of meals so suitable for any taste. Compimentry drinks included. Downside when arriving at the airport lookout for the porters wearing orange BIBS, if they help with baggage they expect english money. My experience included one porter taking to meeting point and another trying to take bags to bus pick up point and another trying to load on the bus. The air conditioned minibus journey to Beruwela took approx 4 hours. The driver was...

marie130569 18.06.2006 · Read review
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Galle - Sri Lanka

Advantages: valued experiences
Disadvantages: No

...I am going to explain my experience in Galle. I went on a trip to Galle with my friends. We took "Ruhunu Kumari" train. It was operated through the coastal area. Scenery was so beautiful and we enjoyed very much.The beaches are very beautiful. There were few tourists in the train. You have to realize how beautiful Galle is. You can see fishermen sitting on sticks fishing in the see along the south coast. It is a strange technique of fishing. Nobody knows how this technique originated from. It works as the stilts are attractive sceneries. You can catch a glimpse of the famouse stilt fishermen in the down south. You are lucky as such a sight is nowhere to be found in Sri Lanka. Stilt fishing is famous as a generational occupation among the fishermen with the child taking after father. They make their own stilts on the reef...

Viro 11.10.2008 (15.11.2008) · Read review
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Nuwara Eliya - Sri Lanka

Advantages: Breathtaking scenary
Disadvantages: Cold

...the flowers were rich in colour and variety. There was a special area called "Rose Garden". There were lots of fresh roses. Wonderful Horton Plains is a green plateaue in fauna and flora species found no where else in the world. It is a tresure trove of rare plants. That area was covered with a very cool mist. One end of the plains is called the "World's End". It falls abruptly deep down to a vally. It unfolds a panoramic view of a range of mountains. Nuwara Eliya situated in Central province in Sri Lanka. It takes approximately 4-5 hours to reach there from Colombo. Nuwara Eliya is a location that must not be missed....

Viro 17.10.2008 (18.10.2008) · Read review
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Down South Attraction - Sri Lanka

Advantages: Breathtaking sceneries
Disadvantages: No

...of the entire temple and they are depicting various JATHAKA STORIES. The Buddha statue conveys to us the incredible talents of the early sculpture. *************************** Then we reached to Dickwella. In Dikwella 20 km away from Matara there you can find the Sri Lanka's largest Buddha statue at the "WEVURUKANNALA Temple" along Dickwella - Beliatta road. This temple is dominated by an image of a seated Buddha. This Sri Lanka's statue is 150ft high. There are three separate parts at the Wevurukannala Viharaya (Temple). First part is almost 250 years old. Next part is of great significance. Punishments are depicted if you do not follow the path to enlightenment. Other significant part is the Seated Buddha that is as high as an eight storey building. We could climb that building and reached the back of the statue head. There was...

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Sri Lanka - not all tea plantations

Advantages: Stunning scenery, pineapples are 10p!
Disadvantages: Can't safely see it all - roads are awful in places

...orphanage. Sri Lanka really is a beautiful place, with gentle people and amazingly good value food - we still had to buy lunches and started getting quite upset if it came to more than £2. No one suffered from any kind of travellers tummy, at least not in my earshot. Sri Lanka did however introduce a new word to my vocabulary - "Templed-out"...

BNibbles 09.12.2000 · Read review
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Living in Sri lanka

Advantages: very individual culture
Disadvantages: touts

...I spent a great six months of my life working as an English teacher in Sri Lanka, and i hope i can maybe inspire others to go and see this country. Before i left i had no ideas as to what to expect. Sri lanka is very humid and it takes a bit of getting used to the constant heat, usually around the low 30's. The best ebaches are along the south west coast, hikkaduwa and mirissa are both very beautiful and have accomodation on the shore. Hikkaduwa is the more lively of the two, and has a great guesthouse called neelas, i was there three weeks and they still email me, they were great hosts! There are many buddhist temples in sri lanka, many that are breathtaking, see the lonely planet guide to sri lanka. I remember one in anaradapurah, we had to walk barefoot as it is religiuos place and our feet got burned!! A typical day would...

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The best kept secret guesthouse in Sri Lanka

Advantages: amazing scenery, relaxation, friendly staff, totally trustworthy
Disadvantages: steep steps, pressure in shower is weak but still had hot water

...The best kept secret in Asia I am writing from The Slightly Chilled Guest House at Adam's Peak, slightlychilled.tv . Me and my friends have actually invested in this and come here a lot. This is the first time I have been in Aug as most travel books only suggest hiking up Adams Peak in the high season due to weather. I really wanted to see for myself before commenting about the weather. I have been here for about 2 weks and I have also been to Kandy for the Prehere festival . Anyone coming to Sri Lanka should plan their trip for this festival. I can't wait to bring my friends the next time as it really is something special. About 5 days ago I did a different hike than climbing Adam's peak as I have already done this 2 times. It was quite a cloudy day so my really good friend, Gayantha of Slightly Chilled took me on a hike around 1300...

Spunkywads 28.08.2008 (27.08.2008) · Read review
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Sri Lanka - The truth

Advantages: Nice Weather, Paradise for tourists
Disadvantages: Boring for young people, not much nightlife

...I have been to Sri Lanka about 8 times in my life because my parents are singhales and we always go back there to visit family. As I've grown up my opinions of Sri Lanka have changed so much. When I was young I always looked forward to going to Sri Lanka with my parents as I had so much more freedom there than I would in England. I used to run around on my grandparents estate climbing trees and playing with the animals. Another thing I really enjoyed about going to Sri Lanka was I got to visit the Yala elephant orphange which was such a good experience. Now that I've grown up though I do not enjoy going to Sri Lanka as much as it isn't a very modern place and there isn't much to do. Although I've grown up with Sri Lanka playing a major part in my life my opinion has changed about it since I've grown up. Theres one thing thats good...

Pacyesangel 13.01.2001 · Read review
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Sri Lanka's Cricket Team

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...Sri Lanka were the cricket world champions much to the surprise of the rest of the world in 1996. They were a surprise upset winner. They however fell down in the 2000 world Championships, where they were knocked out in the first round. This was due to a build up of arrogance in the captaincy. This was solved with the removal of the then captain Arjuna Ranatunga. After this they semmed to regain their edge when they defeated the world champions Australia in a triangular tournament with Australia and Pakistan (The two world cup championship finalists)....

Phattyd 04.08.2000 · Read review
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The Real Sri Lanka

Advantages: Excitement, Beautiful, Different, Adventure
Disadvantages: Bombings, Crazy car drivers, poverty and begging

...Sri Lanka, the place eveyone tells you is the most beautiful island in the world, and to an extent it is. If you wish to visit be prepared for what you will find and see. The beaches and hotels are full of splendor, most are all inclusive and that is not a good thing. Sri Lanka is cheap, cheap gems, cheap everything. There is nothing that can not be bartered for. The all inclusive means that you will spend most of your time here in the complex of your hotel and miss the islands wonder. Poverty, the island in many ways is third world or worse. People will beg you for money all the time, I recommend buying sweets from the locals, they get some money and the children want sweets more than money. My other advice is take some spare currency from home, Sterling and Dollars are best, even 10p, they will love you and if out traveling...

kevenk 15.08.2000 · Read review
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