Local Life and Culture of Sri Lanka Religion as well as religious festivals, work and aryuvedic medicine are important pillars regarding local life and culture of Sri Lanka. Find here some info to consider before and during your trip. Religion & Festivities Even though Sri Lanka is predominately Buddhist (71%), the country also welcomes Hinduism […]
Guide on using transport in Sri Lanka When making a round-trip through the island as we did, you will definitely spend a lot of your time with transport. The usual way arriving in Sri Lanka is usually by plane through Colombo airport and using ground transportation for domestic travels. The latter is definitely an adventure: sometimes […]
Food and Dishes of Sri Lanka For westerns’ common living habits, our notion of spicy is what Sri Lankans would call a joke or food for babies! If you think you over-tried spicy food wait until you have Sri Lankan curry or Dahl. This is not to discourage you but to alert you. Some of […]
On our tour along the south coast, we visited several beaches to get into a chilled and tropical mood. Some beaches of Sri Lanka looked as if they were directly cut out of a travel catalog being hidden lagoons with long stretches of pure white sand. Of course, there is also more touristic places with […]
Sri Lanka is full of religious sights, which are impossible to visit in a short day. However, we tried to manage seeing the most spectacular temples of Sri Lanka during our stay.
Travel Report Galle In 1502, when Google Maps didn’t exist and the world believed that the earth had the shape of a plate, a brave group of people located in the far west of the European continent (named the Portuguese) accidentally ended up in Galle, blown off by a storm while making their way to […]
Travel Report Yala National Park After long research and taking into consideration we were traveling in February/ March when weather is best at the Southwest coast, we came to the conclusion that Yala National Park would be our spot for animal spotting. It hosts a breathtaking variety of animals such as elephants, leopards, crocodiles and monkeys. […]
Travel Report Ella We arrived in Ella after the scenic train ride from Kandy. We could start by saying that Ella is maybe the hotspot of European backpackers, but this would certainly not be fair. Ella has so much more to offer on its own! There is really something magical about this small village tucked […]
Travel Report Train Ride Kandy-Ella Considered one of the most beautiful and scenic train rides in the world, this is a must-do in Sri Lanka. No matter at what time of the year you go, if it rains or if the sun shines bright, this is a bucket list item! The British built this dream […]
Travel Report Kandy Holding the title of a former capital and being one of Sri Lanka’s biggest cities, Kandy is a very busy place: crowded, buzzy, commercial. The pollution makes breathing sometimes almost unbearable, the intense smell of petrol that invades the streets makes you wish to wear one of those Chinese anti-pollution face masks […]
