The Maritime Silk Route gets strategically cross-bedded at the passaged-shores of Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian Peninsula, Eastern Africa, and Europe at the dawn of the 2nd century BCE. And with those cultural mismatches, the Dutch cuisine crashed against the demure Indonesian delicacies, while the Arab merchants doled out herbs and […]
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Explore Ella Like a Local Beyond Tourist Places Sri Lanka’s Central Highlands leverages a Jade-like greenery of Peak Wilderness Protected Area, Horton Plains National Park, and Knuckles Conservation Forest, laying down a tentative expression that also touches upon Ella; teeming with backpackers for its familiar tourist street and a temperature dropped down below the condensed
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Dear GoMad Nomad, My wife and I are taking a short trip to Sri Lanka for about 10 days in January. I went there about 10 years ago (Hikkadua, Galle, Ella, I think). This trip, half the time will be surfing, the other half something cultural, national park, etc. Got any suggestions? Time’s a
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Your money goes a long way in Sri Lanka, and traveling in the country is a good value. While not as cheap as neighboring India, Sri Lanka’s prices are more similar to costs traveling in Malaysia and daily travel expenses in the Philippines. But it’s not that simple. The problem is there is a big
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Elephants have been entwined into Sri Lankan culture for centuries. They are revered, they have been used in religious processions and have been used as work animals. It was once a capital offence to kill an elephant. Elephants can still be seen in the wild in Sri Lanka. There is a system of national
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