Tag: Sri Lanka
-
Official Name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Established: 4 February 1948 (Independence from the United Kingdom), 22 May 1972 (Republic) Population: 21,803,000 (2019 estimate) Religion: 70.2% Buddhism, 12.6% Hinduism, 9.7% Islam, 7.4% Christianity Language(s): Sinhala, Tamil, English Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative), Colombo (executive and judicial) Order of Visit: Fifty Sixth First Visit: 26…
-
Thursday 11 August and Friday 12 August Highlights: Sri Lankan Airlines Lounge, Qantas flight home The long trip home included a 3 hour car from Hikkaduwa to Colombo, a 3 hour 10 minute flight from Colombo to Singapore and finally a 7 hour 25 minute flight from Singapore to Melbourne. I had organised a private…
-
Wednesday 10 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Whale and Turtle Watching, Exploring the Galle Fort. Today was my last full day in Sri Lanka before I begin the long journey home tomorrow and I wanted to make the most of it. Late yesterday my tour guide Manoj suggested that the remaining members of the…
-
Tuesday 09 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Walking Hikkaduwa Beach A free and easy day watching the Olympics, visiting the beach, packing and checking my gifts, and starting to plan for my next trip to Africa hopefully in late 2017.
-
Monday 08 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Mangrove Safari, Turtle Sanctuary, Tsunami Musuem Today was full of replacement activities for the unneeded 5th day of the Sri Lanka vs Australia Cricket Test March and our guide Manoj came up with some very worthwhile events.
-
07 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Sri Lankan Full Body Massage Today was supposed to be the fourth day of the Sri Lanka versus Australia second Test Match but Australia couldn’t manage to survive that long. As a result today turned into a free day of walking around a beach and getting a full body…
-
Saturday 7 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Sri Lanka Vs Australia Test Match, Galle Fort Today was the day I got to do an activity that I planned my entire 2016 world trip around,the Sri Lanka versus Australia Second Cricket Test Match. I ensured that this entire trip was timed to allow for me…
-
Friday 5 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Exploring a working gem mine, Independance Square, Gangaramaya Temple, Galle Face (shore of Colombo). Today was the last day with the full tour group before the cricket starts tomorrow. Based on the first two days of the cricket it appears we will be lucky to get even…
-
Thursday 4 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Baby Elephant Sanctuary, Udawalawe National Park Safari For the first time in 27 days I woke up with a chill in the air and some cold rain clouds gathering. Nuwara Eliya really is a little bit English 🙂
-
Wednesday 3 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Scenic Train Trip, ‘Little England’ Nuwara Eliya Today saw a significant change in climate as we climbed to one of the highest towns in Sri Lanka with the temperature dropping to a chilly 22 degrees with no significant humidity.
Nathan's Insights 