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Colombo City - Pettha               Ariel View  Kandy Lake and Dhalada Maligava





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                                 Arugambay   Sigiriya                  Dutch port - Galle        Whale Watching

          vicinity, a beautiful botanical gardens.   somebody realized that the deep blue   salty air. The result is an enchanting old
          In case you need further blessings   was home to more than just a few little   town that has recently become home
          from the gods, there’s also a series of   fish. It turns out that the waters off Sri   to dozens of art galleries, quirky shops,
          fascinating ancient temples.      Lanka are home to the planet’s biggest   boutique cafes and guesthouses. For
                                            creature, the blue whale (not to mention   tourists, it’s without doubt the number-
          HORTON PLAINS &                   the slightly smaller sperm whale). Now,   one urban attraction in the country.
          WORLD’S END
                                            SURFING AT ARUGAM BAY              SHOPPING IN COLOMBO
          The wild, windswept Horton Plains,
          You’ll need to wrap up warm (a morning   The heart of Sri Lanka’s nascent   Part of the magic of Colombo - yes,
          frost isn’t uncommon) for the dawn   surf scene, the long right break at   you read that right - is going on a retail
          hike across these bleak moorlands; it’s   the southern end of Arugam Bay is   binge. Even as parts of the world race to
          one of the most enjoyable walks in the   considered Sri Lanka’s best. From   a big-box future, Colombo’s markets in
          country. And then, suddenly, out of the   April to September you’ll find surfers   Pettah heave and hurl with goods and
          mist come the end of the world; and   riding the waves; stragglers catch the   offers, and just general chaos.
          a view over what seems like half of Sri   random good days as late as November.
          Lanka. Horton Plains from World’s End  Throughout the year           JAFFNA & THE REDISCOVERED

          VISITING A TEA PLANTATION         RICHLY SPICED FOOD                 NORTH
          & WATER FALLS                     Venture into the entertaining      In Jaffna, everything seems different,
                                            pandemonium of a large Sri Lankan   especially the language: the rapid
           It wasn’t really all that long ago that   market, such as those found in Colombo
          Sri Lanka’s Hill Country was largely   and Kandy, and you’ll soon see and   fire staccato of spoken Tamil is a real
          a wild and ragged sweep of Jungle   smell the rich diversity of foods and   change from singsong Sinhala. So too
          clad Mountains; but then along came   flavors that come from the fertile land.   the cuisine: singularly spiced and, in
          the British and they felt in need of a   An average Sri Lankan cook spends   season, complemented by legendary
          nice cup of tea. Sri Lankan tea is now   hours each day tirelessly roasting and   mangoes. And perhaps even the light:
          famous across the world, and visiting a   grinding spices, while mincing, slicing   it has a distinctive quality, reflected as
          tea estate and seeing how the world’s   and dicing all manner of foods.   deep garden greens in Jaffna’s suburbs.
          favorite cuppa is produced is absolutely
          fascinating.                      BELOVED GALLE FORT                 COLONIAL LEGACY
          WHALE WATCHING AT                 Man and nature have joined forces in   The Brits were chased out at
          MIRISSA                           Galle Fort to produce an architectural   independence in 1948, but their legacy
                                            work of art. The Dutch built the streets   lives on in much more than an often
          People once visited the beaches of   and buildings, the Sri Lankans added   impenetrable bureaucracy addicted to
          southern Sri Lanka to laze under palm   the color and style, and then nature   forms. Colombo has wide, tree-shaded
          trees and maybe go and peer at a few   got busy covering it in a gentle layer   streets where you’ll see the structures of
          little fish on a diving excursion. Then   of tropical vegetation, humidity and   the empire at its most magnificent.

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