Hiring driver in Sri Lanka is your fastest and easiest way to get around the island. It is not the cheapest option, however.
As of now, Sri Lanka only has 2 highways. One from the international airport (Bandaranike International Airport) to Colombo and one from Colombo to Galle. Note that you are unable to get on and off the highway before Galle. Most of the public buses are very crowded and do not have AC and the tuk tuk drivers (which are now metered), tend to follow tourists around posing as tour guides.
Taxi’s generally have to be called ahead. What can you do? If you are short on time and want an explanation of some of the sites, please call Rechie Dullewa at +94714336374 (internationally) or email rechiedullewe@hotmail.com. He speaks fluent English and some Spanglish and is very knowledgeable about the different national parks and ancient temples. We just finished spending 10 days with him in the cultural triangle and hill country. He is a blast to hang out with and has been driving tourists around for the past 15 years.
Rechie joining us on Sri Lanka’s holly mountain
If you are in South Korea on February 9, 2014, I invite you to join in on Sri Lanka’s Independence Day in Incheon City. Stay stunned for more details.
Sorry for not posting in a while, but I have just returned to Korea from an amazing trip in Sri Lanka to finish my memoir Beautiful Eye. Today I am curious on how you process your writing. Do you hand-write or type? I sometimes see writers hand-write on notebook paper that they carry around. I […]
The Maldives consists of 26 atolls that spread over 90,000 square kilometers. They have 1,192 islands, of which only 1,000 are uninhabited. Yesterday my husband and I arrived in the Maldives. This is my 3rd time to this exotic place filled with thousands of islands placed perfectly on crystal clear blue waters. This is the […]
For the last few weeks I have been traveling around Sri Lanka to finish a memoir I am working on. For more details on this, please visit Beautiful Eye. In fact I graduated from high school here in 1993 so I am very familiar with this country. It’s been […]
Welcome to my traveling blog. This is the blog where I will be telling you about all the places I have traveled to including the best places to eat, where to shop, what to bring, where to stay, and how to get around. Since I have personally been to these places or even lived there, […]
Backpacking the Gobi: My summer vacation of 2009
One of my most memorable trips was backpacking the Gobi. This country is truly amazing with some of the friendliest people in the world. You can tell with the big smiles they carry on their faces. Mongolia has some of the tallest mountains in east Asia at over 4,000 meters high. Spend a few nights […]
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