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 Sri Lanka travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in Sri Lanka.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
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| G Chown |
15 November 2004 |
Stayed at Taj Exotica - Bentota, Sri Lanka.
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We hired a driver and guide since driving in Sri Lanka is scary. We found having an extra person (the guide) safer since the guide would assist the driver. Getting anywhere takes a long long time via car because of the heavy traffic and poor road conditions. Despite this, Sri Lanka is a beautiful country rich in history...a great experience. My suggestion is to do the hill country and ancient cities first since the driving is tiring and then go to the beaches at the end for some good R&R.
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| M Avery |
14 November 2004 |
Stayed at Kandalama Hotel - Dambulla, Sri Lanka.
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Although Sigiriya is the most famous historical site locally, I would very strongly recommend visiting the cave temples at Dambulla as well. You can easily visit both of these sites in a day by arranging a taxi at the hotel (travel booked via the hotel is overpriced by local standards, but it's very convenient and easy).
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| E Gerritsen |
08 November 2004 |
Stayed at Blue Oceanic Beach Hotel - Negombo, Sri Lanka.
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After the first relaxing days at the beach of blue oceanic we made a fantastic tour through the country. We used Lanka travel associates, contact Alastair at 0777-308915.
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| K Matt |
02 November 2004 |
Stayed at Mount Lavinia Hotel - Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Try the Anglers restaurant down the road from the hotel - great local food at a good price and a really friendly owner.
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| G Sidhu |
01 November 2004 |
Stayed at St. Andrews Hotel - Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.
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Nuwara Eliya is a must visit on your trip to Sri Lanka. Surrounded by greenery and acres of tea plantations, it's a great change of scenery and climate.The drive there is a chore though and the winding roads never seem to end - best to take a motion sickness pill in advance. Stop by at the Plantation Hotel on your way up or down for lunch. They have a great restaurant by the river (where the movie "Bridge on the River Kwai' was filmed) which serves a sumptious lunch buffet. Visit the Hill Club hotel if you can for it's beautiful colonial style ambiance and history - its members are the cream of the Sri Lankan society and in the old days women were required to enter the club via a back door!!
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| C Yvon |
25 October 2004 |
Stayed at Sea Garden Hotel - Negombo, Sri Lanka.
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It's easy and recommended to ask for a driver because driving in Sri Lanka is very dangerous for foreigners! You can find a driver in each hotel and it's not too expensive (4500 rs all included per day).
In Hikkaduwa, taxi service DOUGLES B. GAMAGE was great (091-2277773 or 077-6065819). We had a 4 day-tour with him; sailing an old catamaran at Negombo, bodyboarding at Hikkaduwa,tea plantations and factory, orphanage elephant were great .
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| C Neumann |
24 October 2004 |
Stayed at Blue Water, The - Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka.
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Opposite of the entrance is a travel agent (called Bennetton Travel) who offers trips to every place in Sri Lanka; reasonably priced and well organized; if you want to go cheaper - there are free-lancer taxis available or 3-wheelers for shorter distances.
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| R Soran |
05 October 2004 |
Stayed at Galle Face Hotel - Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Interesting and intriguing country, especially if you have a special interest in Sri Lanka (business, Ayurved, ethnology). If not, then you'd better go to Bali or Thailand. They certainly offer you a much more valuable and richer experience for your money. The country just hasn't yet the infrastructure and the hosting mentality for pleasing mainstream and upper level tourism. Backpackers, young people on low budgets may feel fine in the middle of this country rich in natural diversity but poor in living cultural heritage. When planning to get to Sri Lanka on Srilankan Airlines then be aware that the hype doesn't live up to the reality, neither in economy nor in business. Seats, space, service, food, friendliness, entertainment, airplane aren't better than the average of the airline industry.
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| G Nordstrom |
04 October 2004 |
Stayed at Hill Club, The - Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.
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Nuwara Eliya was cold, rainy and windy the 2 days we were there. Thereīs really not that much to see or do in the town of Nuwara Eliya, but I can recommend a visit to the Labokellie Tea Estate when travelling to or from Nuwara Eliya - itīs a nice place that offers an insight to how tea is made.
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| B Pirie |
01 October 2004 |
Stayed at Closenberg Hotel - Galle, Sri Lanka.
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Although Galle is only 110 kms from Colombo it takes an age to get there by car. Including stopping at a moonstone mine and stopping for lunch - 9 hours. The fort is interesting but not spectacular - Galle city itself has not a lot to recommend it. Saying that, it was a very interesting 3 days!
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