Taking in the beauty of Sri Lanka’s tea country
High in the hills of central Sri Lanka sits some of the most absolutely beautiful farmland I’ve ever seen. Stretching for miles and miles and...
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Touring the Temple of the Tooth
The Temple of the Tooth has existed in many forms throughout the history of Sri Lanka. The current iteration, in the town of Kandy, holds...
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On top of Sri Lanka: climbing Sigiriya
The top of Sigiriya is not the high point of Sri Lanka, far from it, really, but when you’re standing on top, a few hundred...
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A visit to Sri Lanka’s medieval capital, Polonnaruwa
It was just over 1,000 years ago that the city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka peaked in its role as the capital of the island country....
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A visit to the ancient temples of Mamallapuram
Just a quick hour or so south of the manic hustle of Chennai sits the town of Mamallapuram and one of the most significant collections...
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Elephant time in Sri Lanka: Come along for the ride
Climb up on top of your very own elephant and come along for a ride. Ahhh….a typical day in the life as a tourist in...
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Checking in: GRT Grand Chennai
On our second stay in Chennai on this trip we wanted to be more in the center of town than the Radisson Blu at the...
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A day at the movies, India style
With Tropical Cyclone Thane bearing down on the coast of Chennai our regularly scheduled touristing options were pretty much dead. Well, I suppose we could...
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Taking the Emirates A380 OnAir connectivity for a ride
There were many, many reasons I was excited about coming home from our New Years trip to Sri Lanka. One of them was the opportunity...
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Travel rip-offs: just part of the culture?
Why is it so hard to not steal from people? I know that I’m an easy mark when I travel. I’m not walking around flashing...