Best time to travel to Sri Lanka
Climate The best times to visit Sri Lanka are between the two main rainy seasons. Because the island lies just north of the equator temperatures remain almost constant throughout the year. However, rainfall varies widely. Sri Lanka is affected by two main monsoon seasons, sweeping over the country at different times of year. The southwest […]
Planning your trip to Sri Lanka?
What to see in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s superb beaches lie all along its coastline, with sandy coves and estuaries and long palm-fringed stretches. They vary greatly in character. Beaches on the west coast of the island, conveniently close to Colombo and the airport, tend to be the most crowded, but offer opportunities for water […]
The Road North of Chilaw – Sri Lanka
At Uddapuwa between Mundal Lagoon and the sea, the terrain changes dramatically as you enter the Dry Zone. The fishing villagers here are descendants of a north Indian warrior caste who settled on this coast over a thousand years ago. They were the first converts to Catholicism when the Portuguese arrived and mass baptisms were […]
KANDY
Despite now being the island’s second-largest city, Kandy retains a surprisingly small-town experience, its modest grid of low-rise streets are lined with characteristic colonial-era buildings and preserve a certain old-fashioned, countrified charm which even the often dense throngs of traffic and pedestrians can’t entirely obscure. At the west end of the centre Kandy Lake provides […]
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Exploring Colombo City
Colombo’s crowded and chaotic surface hides a rewarding city whose contrasting mix of cultures and sights show the country at its most diverse and progressive. The city of Colombo is a relative newcomer by Sri Lankan standards – indeed many of the more staid inhabitants of longer established towns elsewhere in the island regard their […]