Originally Posted by JohnAx
I stayed a few days last time - having read that it was the "emerging Bali" in terms of tourism - and found it very disappointing. Other than "the people are poor and need your money" I can't think of any reason to be there. Now that the insurgency is heating up, I can think of one more reason not to. Send a check to a Sri Lankan charity.
Wow. There is so much to see/do. Did you go to the historic cities? The cultural center at Kandy? World's End? The tea country? Beaches? Galle? The wildlife reserve?
I find it much more interesting than Bali, which has become far too commercialized (and the touts are unbelievable).