Originally Posted by
quarryking
Well you must have noticed room rates have massively shot up post the war.. Big changes am sure between your first trip 40 years back and now.
My first trip was 1980...
Yes hotel prices have increased dramatically, however, there are now a lot of two and three star hotels that are almost brand new. Construction results are sometimes "strange" as the building trades catch up with the modern technologies. As well in one case, a modern (likely) one/two star near the CMB airport had walk in prices well less than half the online prices. It seemed clean and had air conditioning and the restaurant served acceptable (if local) food.
One of these days I will try the updated rail services that are being added to the traditional trains... And the expressway to Kandy can't be completed fast enough.
Happy wandering
Fred