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Sri Lanka – Touring the Island - Any Help?.

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britman Premium account Joined: Apr 04 Points: 17984 Posts: 83 Posted: 2004-09-12 12:07:00    I am planning to visit Sri Lanka for a couple of weeks around November time and would welcome any Globo’s news, views or experiences of travel in and around the island. Any recommended websites, tour operators, hotels etc., All information will be gratefully received. Cheers Brit --- Cheers! Reply    Reply with quote    Contact britman   marianne Premium account Joined: Sep 03 Points: 20248 Posts: 349 Posted: 2004-09-12 19:22:00    Hi Britman, No need to go through a tour operator or prebooked package. We were in sri lanka twice, just booked our flight. we took Lonely Planet and Footprint Handbook, there are lots of good tips in these two guides. You are lucky, because there are directs flights and charters from Britain to Sri lanks (I live in the netherlands, no direct flights). The airport is very close to Ngombo and I would advise you to stay there the first night to sleep off jetlag on the beach. We stayed in a very pleasant hotel. Let me know if you need the address. We travelled by public transport, which is no problem at all; frequent and on time. it is not much slower than a private car as the roads are narrow and no vehicle goes faster than 30 - 40 m.p.h. Let me know if you need more info Marianne [ This Message was edited by: marianne on 2004-09-12 19:23 ] --- “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” Robert Louis Stevenson Reply    Reply with quote    Contact marianne