We were going to visit Sri Lanka in February ’05, but the Tsunami literally “washed” away our plans for one year. Sri Lanka is a large island, off the tip of South India…extremely green, a mountainous interior, with beautiful sand beaches. And, it’s hot all year – a great place to escape our Nothern Hemisphere. [...]

If you have thought about a trip to Asia, put Sri Lanka at the top of your list. It’s rare to find a destination that combines wonderful food, gorgeous hotels and some of the sweetest, most helpful people it has ever been our pleasure to meet. “Madam, where do you come from? Madam, what can [...]

We headed in to the Sinharaja Rainforest which is a world heritage site. This forest is the respository of Sri Lanka’s endemic species of flora and fauna and a wonderland for birders (which we are not). (I am a “look…there’s a yellow bird” type birder.) It is also a major respository for leeches since it [...]

We climbed up Lions Rock which was once a fortress, built from 477-485. It’s a steep climb of 600 stairs and ladders and there are masses of Sri Lankans visiting along with us since it is a weekend. This creates a “ladder and gapers block” which moves very slowly. The highlights are the frescos which [...]