Sri Lanka - Our Summary

  Negombo, Western, Sri Lanka Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Currency ~ Sri Lankan Rupees (LKR) £1 = 222 lkr Population ~ 22 million Capital City ~ Columbo Our Budget ~ rooms: £5 each a night, food: £5 each per day They drive on the ~ left Places we stayed and our Star Rating Mount Lavinia Beach Hostel *** Traveller's Tree - Galle *** Beach Inns - Madiah *** Lake Edge Holiday Inn - Yala **** Paddy Field View Guesthouse - Ella *** The Windsor Hotel - Nuwara Eliya *** Pearl House - Kandy ***** Lake Spa Resort - Dambulla * Coral Bay Hotel - Trincomalee *** High Park - Trincomalee **** Elephant Bay Hotel - Pinnawala *** Lazaani Hotel - Columbo **** Waterview guesthouse - Mirissa *** Shanith Guesthouse - Negombo *** Summary we loved ~ pretty much everything. great to be back in the land of the tuk tuk - Jody wants one! What more could you ask for elephants, leopards, blue whales, mountains, beaches, palm trees and sunshine. we didn't like ~ can't think of anything The people ~ are some of the loveliest warmest, friendliest people of anywhere we have been. It feels like they are very honest and trustworthy too. None of the feeling of being ripped off either Food ~ Sri Lankan food, although curry is a base staple, is very different from other types of curry meals we have had. Lots more small amounts of this and that. Excellent for vegetarians, and not forgetting lemon puffs biscuits Transport - well apart from our beloved tuk tuks, buses and trains are very regular and VERY cheap. 2 hour bus ride = 60p. 2 hour train ride = 70p. Ok so they may bit a bit crowded and a bit grubby, but you can't fault the service Things which remind us of Sri Lanka ~ Lion Beer, Elephants, Curried Egg Pastries, Tea Would we recommend it? definitely