Six Days In Sri Lanka
Dec 11, 2015, 11:28 pm
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Daniel, my husband and I will be visiting Sri Lanka in February 2016. He has been unenthusiastic about going but after he looks at these photos I know he'll be excited. We will travel in the opposite direction as you from Negombo to Cultural Triangle to Kandy to Nuwara Eliya to Ella to Tangalle and end in Unawatuna over 14 days with a driver. I will visit some of the same parks/sights as you did.
. The cultural triangle is on my list for next time. My friend is just in Unawatuna at the moment and looks like a cool place to visit too.. Yes, so much to see outside of Colombo.. Sri Lanka would be a cool place to take your Sony A7RII, a very beautiful country... hauteboy did a 48 hour trip to Sri Lanka earlier this year and got to see a lot, so you should be able to see quite abit in 3 days too.Thank you, mlpinto
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Dec 24, 2015, 4:15 am
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Dec 24, 2015, 4:50 am
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Dec 26, 2015, 10:07 am
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I am an expat in India 2 or 3 times a year. Wear shorts during the day, t shirts most of the times....now if you are guest at someone's home or a three to five star hotel restaurant, do wear pants !
Short shorts on women are frowned upon.
OP debating if we want to spend a few days in Columbo and environs at the end of this Feb. Don't need the cultural angles as most of it came from India.
One way from BOM ORD in EY J needs 67500 miles one way. at 2 cents that is
$ 1350 PP. EY cash in J to JFK is $ 950.
Jan 9, 2016, 12:22 pm
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Awesome trip! I heard so many good things about the place from another friend of mine, ironically a Kiwi as well. 
One of his buddies got married there a few years ago.
Was definitely on my list, but your trip really just makes me want to go even more. Fantastic photos! ^
If the Sri Lankan Tourism Board is listening, they should really get you on their pay roll...
One of his buddies got married there a few years ago.Was definitely on my list, but your trip really just makes me want to go even more. Fantastic photos! ^
If the Sri Lankan Tourism Board is listening, they should really get you on their pay roll...
Jan 13, 2016, 11:29 pm
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. The travel agency I booked my driver/hotels with asked if I wanted budget or luxury accomodation. I opted for budget but was very pleased with what I got. I guess the luxury option would include the Aman in Galle too though?. I have visited India twice before, and was expecting something similar in Sri Lanka but was pleasantly surprised. Almost like alot of the good stuff of India (culutre & food) but less of the bad stuff (pollution, poverty etc.).Awesome trip! I heard so many good things about the place from another friend of mine, ironically a Kiwi as well. One of his buddies got married there a few years ago.
Was definitely on my list, but your trip really just makes me want to go even more. Fantastic photos! ^
If the Sri Lankan Tourism Board is listening, they should really get you on their pay roll...
One of his buddies got married there a few years ago.Was definitely on my list, but your trip really just makes me want to go even more. Fantastic photos! ^
If the Sri Lankan Tourism Board is listening, they should really get you on their pay roll...
. Sri Lanka must have been a great place for a wedding, and maybe even the honeymoon too.