Sri Lanka – on a Corporate Budget
Sri Lanka
I’m leaving again for Sri Lanka in 2 weeks. This will be my 3rd work trip there. Of course, when I go it’s business class flying with champagne, soft pillows and 5 star hotels. The benefits of flying corporate!
Flying into Sri Lanka is the worst part. The smell and the beggars waiting outside are overwhelming. I wouldn’t recommend any female flying into Sri Lanka by herself. Always have your hotel send a car and make sure they have a sign.
Sri Lanka is much like India in culture, food, clothing and what they sell. Any gem stone is available. Cheap! Most of the South African diamonds are sent to Sri Lanka for cutting. Any cut, or color (black, pink, blue), of diamond is available. Most Indians will buy their diamonds in Sri Lanka and have them set back in their own country since gold and silver are a little cheaper there.
The food can kill you with the spiciness. Bring tums. My favorite foods are butter naan (bread), rice pudding desserts and gelato filled with pistachios. Just a warning, we got stopped in customs (Seattle) because my co-worker had brought back packaged (powder) soup mixes and spices.
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Tuk tuk rides are fun, for about 5 minutes, before the air pollution gets to you. I suggest taxis, but bring a sweater. The air will be hot, humid and horrible outside and inside the taxi it’ll be below freezing.
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jubran
16 July 2009
Well, you are more of a show off with a malfunctioning nose than a seasoned traveler who can share some useful information with others. By the way – it is stupid to be wearing a sweater in tropical Sri Lanka unless you are in Nuwaraeliya where it gets cold in the morning and in the night because of its location high up in the mountains. You could have asked the driver to reduce the AC – you don’t need to be having a very high IQ to figure out something as simple as that! “The food can kill” – that again is your personal opinion – may be you tried only spicy food at the cheapest restaurants – however – you cannot say it with absolute certainty others share your opinion – because a lot of folks from the west like Sri Lankan cuisine. And yeah – if no one took any notice of you even when you were swimming in your undies – may be you are sagging from all over the place – there is no reason why the locals should propose to you – unless that is all your ego driven imagination.