by Els Veenstra | Jul 26, 2020 | Blog, Sri Lanka Travel Blog
Wildlife See some wildlife, was also on our list. Sri Lanka has beautiful nature and a huge diversity of animals, birds, mammals, reptiles… We had already seen monkeys, had seen whales and turtles, and on our walks we had seen colourful birds and small reptiles. On...
by Els Veenstra | Jun 11, 2020 | Blog, Sri Lanka Travel Blog
Lal, our driver and guide will bring us to a local tea garden today, the area of Galle is in the Ruhuna district. The tea garden is relatively close to the sea, so it is a typical area for ‘low grown’ tea. Sri Lanka has been known for black tea since Sir James Taylor...
by Els Veenstra | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog, Sri Lanka Travel Blog
During breakfast we make plans for the day, and decide to go to a place called ‘Jungle beach’, it is too far to walk, so we will go by tuk-tuk. Jungle beach We soon find a driver who can bring us there. He knows the way, stops and leads us the right way to the beach,...
by Els | Jun 2, 2020 | Blog, Sri Lanka Travel Blog
On our walk through the old Dutch Fort, we feel like we are back in history. Such an old place, first build in 1588. The Fort is an easy area, broader and smaller roads, big houses build from stone, nice restaurants and shops. Walking paths along the sea side. The...
by Els | May 30, 2020 | Blog, Sri Lanka Travel Blog
We wanted to explore travel by train, everyone who had been to Sri Lanka said it….take the train. So we left our luxurious residence and left by taxi to Colombo station. We got ourselves a ticket at the tourniquet and went tot he right platform. Crowded, colorful....
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