Country Info
- Colombo
- Capital
- Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR)
- Currency
- 19,408,635
- Population
- LK
- Country Code
Sri Lanka Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Sri Lanka
Negombo
We have arrived at Sri lanka national airport with no transport and no accomodation and lucky for us it was raining as well!! Anyway, once we had doged the 1000 taxi drivers waiting in arrivals we picked up our first Tut Tut - three wheel rickshaw/taxi. ...
Galle
... of the nose in public, all of which you see/smell/hear about 30 times a day in India. The people in Sri Lanka look similar, dress similar, and have similar religious beliefs to those in India, but this is a completely different ...
Walking around town
... temple but unfortunately I was not dress well enough to get in :-(. In the late afternoon I went to see a show - It was traditional Sri Lankan dancing. It was pretty good actually and at the end, 2 fellows walked on burning coal!! Pretty crazy! It was a ...
Welcome to Sri Lanka!
... were so exhausted; all any of us wanted to do was shower and get in bed! We had a perfect first adventure day in Sri Lanka. All the kids' fears of staying in this small country evaporated after seeing that like most places, the people are friendly, ...
Time for a bit of Kandy
... off. He kept walking back and forth laughing at me, which did irritate me at first but I then chose to ignore him! I am loving Sri Lanka but the bus guys are just annoying; they are constantly trying to get every penny they can get out of you!! ...
Sigiriya
... é absolutamente fenomenal. Passamos várias horas a visitar Sigiriya, e este foi sem dúvida o nosso sitio preferido no Sri Lanka. CZ: Cestou do Sigiriye jsme se jeste stihli zastavit na nekolika dalsich zajimavych mistech. Prvnim z nich byl ...
To Inifnity.... and Beyond!
... and were extremely deflated to discover that it wasn't but the others have satellites on the top and are in the dangerous areas of Sri Lanka so wouldn't have been so great anyway! On top of the peak is a temple and apparently a footprint of Buddha ...
Recette du chutney, plat indien et nepalais
Couper finement un oignon et 3 tomates. Couper finement aussi un piment rouge et un piment vert, moins si vous n'aimez pas trop epice. Melanger le tout, tout en continuant a hacher. Ajouter de l'ail, selon les gouts, puis de la coriandre fraiche. Saler. ...
Polonnaruwa
It was damp, but not so wet this morning, so we packed up our gear and headed straight to Polonnaruwa. On the way we stopped at the bridge that was flooding yesterday to see two giant water monitors. A young village lad has 'trained' them to ...
Trudging from here to there!!
... on my second cold beer!! So to finish this part ofmy journey I hope you find this blog entertaining as well as informative-Sri Lanka is a beautiful country filled with generous and hospitable people and is a truly amazing place filled with diversity and a ...
Back to Bedlam
The train journey straight through to Kandy would have been too much for us in one hit so we have decided to stop off in Colombo at the Renuka hotel to have a night of comfort - our room has television, hot water and bath ...
Habarana Part 1
12th April 2007 Habarana part 1 On Tuesday Morning I left MEF at 5am to travel with 2 MEF staff to Habarana to advertise the upcoming clinic, as I am still undergoing post rabies treatment I have had to change my flights to stay here ...
The beautiful Ella (not Tom's sister)
... mini mountain we were going to climb, accompanied by Marley the resident dog, as a warm up to Big Adam's Peak, or Sri Pada. Unfortunately, we spent the entire afternoon sitting in a curry house instead of climbing Little Adam, so the tight schedule meant ...
Kandy
... out what you want to do after that. PT: Kandy e a antiga capital das terras altas e actualmente a 2a cidade do Sri Lanka. Para muitos Kandy e o verdadeiro centro do Sri Lanka, onde os ultimos reis, protegidos pelas montanhas e densa floresta ...
When Colombo gets mad
... not feel unsafe or like a war zone for that matter it is incredible the amount of security there is. You have to remember that Sri Lanka is still suffering from the civil war in the North East of the country. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the ...
Watch your feet...above your head
... vidros, com uma girafa às cavalitas? Para meninos! Os dedos dos pés passam a dispor-se em leque e há toda uma camada hoovercraftiana que conferem aos pés uma semelhança com as traineiras no Tejo. Não é só no Sri Lanka. Na India também. Pelo ...
You want Tuk-Tuk sir?
... and the closest town to the airport (10 KM) - pretty much acclimatizing and preparing my trip for the next 2 weeks. Since Sri Lanka only has 1 international airport I'll fly out of the exact same spot, enabling me to leave my big backpack in ...
Ruins and Monkeys and Monks, oh my!
... of panic. Teensy Weensy moment of panic. It turns out the new law is correct, HOWEVER, some countries are exempt, including Sri Lanka and Thailand. FIOU!!!! I got scared i'd need to change my itinerary AGAIN! anywayyyy get on the plane, comfy plane, and ...
Hikkaduwa
... but the divemasters from the diveshop said that the tsunami hasn't changed the diving very much. I'm very surprised because I always thought Sri Lanka had some really good diving. Luckily, I consider diving like sex or pizza....even when it's bad ...
Sri Lanka 2003
I had an amazing introduction to Sri Lanka after having travelled there with work last year. It was a while ago now, but while there I visited Kandy, Colombo, and went down to the south on holiday and lounged on some of the most beautiful beaches I've ...
Cool Kandy
... a performance highlighting Kandian folk dress and dancing. A very tranquil stopover after a hectic few first days in Sri Lanka. P.S. - I stayed at the Nature Walk Resort and can highly recommend it - nice owner, super-friendly staff, ...
That was the week that was
... and everyone was talking about "home" Its amazing to think this has been my home for 7 weeks now, it feels much longer than that ( Sri Lankan time moves at a very different rate to UK time ! ) As much as I am looking forward to coming home I am going to ...
Nuwara Eliya
... mountains. I actually had to wear my fleece to bed! It's actually one of THE places for residents to vacation in Sri Lanka. It has a definite British feel to it with lovely gardens, a golf course, and a horse racing course. One day ...
Spoiled me!
... roaming around freely (and semi-freely). It was awesome. It smelled odd, but it was awesome. Things are much more expensive in Sri Lanka than India. I'm glad I don't have more than 2 weeks and a half because I'd be broke pretty fast. To get budget ...
Showers with chances of a hurricane!
Muito obrigado por terem ligado o "modo dilúvio" e contribuído para um dia de desnecessária força da natureza! Chove o dia todo. A praia torna-se desconfortável porque esta, em particular, é mais propícia às actividades oferecidas pelos beach ...
Easter Sunday
... of every kind of shop you can image ( and many you can't ) it also has a market including the most smelly fish stall in Sri Lanka ( and possibly the world ) every shop keeper and stall holder is calling out for passers by to come and have a look at what ...
Le boulot me manque....
... . Puis sommes alles dans un bar ou on est allonges sur des coussins a ecouter du reggae et boire des mojitos, mes premiers au Sri Lanka! Rentre vers 23h30, lecture et dodo. Reveil ce matin vers 9h, sous le soleil, prends direct un bus local a 9 ...