A random selection of Sri Lanka tour photos from our recent, ‘Island of Serendipity’ tour. These are kind of ‘people doing things’ photos rather than postcard-style, pretty pics (which we’ll save for a later post) so apologies for the fuzzy quality of some of the hurriedly taken smartphone shots.
Tea break – somewhere on the south coast Somewhere between visiting the admittedly touristy, but certainly photogenic, stilt fishermen and an afternoon walk along the ramparts of UNESCO World Heritage Galle.
Cocktails at Hotel Suisse, Kandy Dave, Les and Liz soaking up the colonial chic in the well-stocked bar at the lakeside Hotel Suisse, Kandy.
Elephant crossing at Habarana A bit fuzzy as it was taken through the bus window but an unusual (well for non-locals at least) image of traffic stopped near Habarana to allow this elephant to cross the road. Inevitably a cue for various ‘why did the elephant cross the road’ jokes…
Excellent bus crew! Our valiant driver and co-pilot; courteous, helpful and safe throughout despite (to put it politely) some very challenging driving conditions. Well done guys – like the shirts!
Sri Lanka. This local cafe in Nuwara Eliya served up a cracking biryani! Great to see a group up for authentic local food in local cafes. It’s obviously where much of the best food is to be found and helps to spread the ‘tourist dollar’ around too.
Another local cafe on the road to Udawalawa Liz, Les and Dara not at all posing in front of a local cafe somewhere between Nuwara Eliya and Udawalawa. Despite the mud walls, corrugated iron roof and a rather large snake in the garden the lunchtime buffet was excellent. A real taste of Sri Lankan home cooking!
Tangalle fishing port Paul gets a guided tour by the captain of a fishing boat in the colourful and fascinating Tangalle fishing port. (Cost him a pack of John Players!)
Tangalle women’s darts tournament! Alison, Liz and Les seemed to be taking the inaugural Tangalle women’s darts tournament rather seriously! (And many thanks to the excellent Salt Water Cafe for a great dinner and fun evening.)
Carrom match in Tangalle. Mike ran out a narrow winner against Nandana in this fiercely competed carrom (we checked the spelling) game, again in the friendly little Salt Water Cafe, Tangalle.
The Taphouse, Galle And yours truly ends up behind bars (which some have rudely said is about time) at the wonderful Taphouse in Galle, a converted Dutch period hospital, now a pub.
An all-round excellent tour, if we do say so ourselves, with a cracking guide (thanks Nandana), varied activities and sights and some great food! All the above Sri Lanka tour photos were taken on a February Island of Serendipity tour and full itinerary and details of all our Sri Lanka tours can be found on our website.
