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Etihad returns and SriLankan add new flights.
Some good news for Sri Lanka travelers: Etihad Airlines announced this week that they will resuming flights to Sri Lanka from January 2010. They will be operating four flights per week from Abu Dhabi...
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Sri Lanka bans the transport of tourists in Tuk Tuks not licensed by the...
The Sri Lankan three wheeler, commonly known as the ‘tuk tuk’ has often been considered the best form of travel for locals and tourists for years, with their ability to creep into the tiniest spaces...
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‘Cinnamon Air’ domestic air taxi service by John Keels to be launched
Sri Lanka is known by many for its wide variety of contrasting climates and environments that lie very short distances apart. Despite the short distances, traveling from place to place however can...
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Lanka Challenge 2012 travels to the North
The legendary tuk tuk takes centre stage yet again at the popular Lanka Challenge 2012. The 12 – day three-wheeler encounter that takes competitors who arrive from across the globe on a journey across...
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Travel times to shorten significantly with construction of Batticaloa...
Despite being once described by Sir Arthur. C Clarke as “a small universe [that] contains many variations of culture, scenery, and climate as some countries a dozen its size”, Sri Lanka can sometimes...
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The route through the clouds to Pasekudah
For our journey to Pasekudah, which is fast winning a worldwide reputation as one of the jewels of Sri Lanka’s east coast, we took the route from Kandy through the Knuckles range and the challenge of...
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INSIDE SRI LANKA A monthly insider’s report by Royston Ellis, October 2014.
Best of the West From October to March, the beaches on the west coast of Sri Lanka are the best. Whether you like broad strands of sand to jog along at the sea’s edge, soaring waves to surf as they...
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INSIDE SRI LANKA A monthly insider’s report by Royston Ellis, November 2014.
Jaffna Permit Following the news last month of the Jaffna Peninsula being connected to the rest of Sri Lanka by train as a result of the completion of the re-laying of the railway track to Jaffna...
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INSIDE SRI LANKA A monthly insider’s report by Royston Ellis, August 2015
Tea Time It’s a bit too early to put the kettle on but if you like tea then there are lots of events associated with tea being held in Sri Lanka in 2017. That’s to celebrate tea’s sesquicentennial...
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Fighting the Galle Fort jams
Why Sri Lanka’s famed Fort needs fewer vehicles The archway at one of the entrances to the Galle Fort Photo credit: Sean Stephen The Galle Fort is a treasure trove of history, beautiful cobbled...
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