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  Mihintale

  World's End

  Polonnaruwa

 Aukana Buddha

 On the Road

  Tea for Two in a Tea Factory's Café

  Waterfall

  Near Trincomalee

  Waterfall

  Rubber

  Gems

Pinnawela Elephant Wise House:



Kandy:


Sacred Temple of the Tooth Relic                                                                          Kandy Dance


Botanical Garden Peradeniya:




An impressionable train trip through the Highland:




Flora and Fauna:
   

Sunsets above the Indian Ocean (Snapshots from Raja Beach Hotel, Balapitiya):



Landscapes:

Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin



Flying time:
London-Colombo ca. 11 hours

Time Zone:
The local time of Sri Lanka is calculated from the Greenwich Mean Time plus 5,5 hours.
That means, Sri Lanka local time is European winter time plus 4,5 hours, European summer time plus 3,5 hours.

Climate:
Sri Lanka possess a varied climate in spite of its relative small size.
Dry areas for example in the North and South-East change with subtropical areas in the Coast Regions.
At the Highland within the Central Region, rules European climate, ever high the cooler it will be.
For example, in Nuwara Eliya, laying at 1890m height, there is the danger of  frost during the night.
In the coast-regions the average temperature measure is 26-32°C.
The water temperature of the Indian Ocean behaves to 27°C, commonly all of the year.
The isle has two seasons - dry and rainy season, where the northeast area stands exactly in opposite to the southwest area.
The Southwest Monsoon brings rainfalls to the south and west between may and september.
The Northeast Monsoon supplies the north and east between december and february with rainfalls.
Even while monsoon season the sun is shining daily, rain is falling mostly in the afternoon or evening.
In october or november there is the possibility of rain and thunderstorm all over the isle.
Often the rain is even a welcome cooling.
Longtime it takes generally not, as suddenly the rain had begin, as soon it stops mostly,
and the sun is shining as before...


The actual weather forecast:




Tours and excursions:
we like to organize, complete individual and also at the pit face.

Visa:
There are new visa regulations, which are not exactly specified yet. Please try to find information under www.eta.gov.lk

Further information about Sri Lanka you can find at the sides of Sri Lanka Tourist Board, too.

Currency in Sri Lanka is the Sri Lanka Rupee, informations about the actual exchanche rates here at Yahoo.