Sri Lanka Archives - Svenywhere - Your hidden travel gems https://svenywhere.com/category/asia/sri-lanka/ Authentic travel discoveries, travel blog, budget travel, backpacking, living around the world all written by Sven Koster. Wed, 24 Oct 2018 11:43:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 10 Day Travel Guide Sri Lanka https://svenywhere.com/10-day-travel-guide-sri-lanka/ https://svenywhere.com/10-day-travel-guide-sri-lanka/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:00:56 +0000 http://svenywhere.com/?p=2225 This 10 day itinerary through Sri Lanka, will give you rough guide trough one of the most beautiful countries in the world. My experience of traveling through Sri Lanka, and tips, tricks, places to see, food to eat and where to stay. Probably you have already seen in some of my pictures that Sri Lanka […]

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]]> https://svenywhere.com/10-day-travel-guide-sri-lanka/feed/ 1 Best 14 Sri Lankan food to try https://svenywhere.com/best-14-sri-lankan-food-to-try/ https://svenywhere.com/best-14-sri-lankan-food-to-try/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:00:45 +0000 http://svenywhere.com/?p=2231 You finally entered Sri Lanka, you discovered that the people are amazingly friendly and that the country is beautiful. But to fully discover a country you also need to try its food. No better way to integrate than also eat some local dishes. Unfortunately, I didn’t try as many dishes I wanted but I can […]

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]]> https://svenywhere.com/best-14-sri-lankan-food-to-try/feed/ 3 Spotting blue whales and swimming with giant sea turtles https://svenywhere.com/spotting-blue-whales-and-swimming-with-giant-sea-turtles/ https://svenywhere.com/spotting-blue-whales-and-swimming-with-giant-sea-turtles/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2018 10:00:06 +0000 http://svenywhere.com/?p=2104 Weligama and Mirissa, places of nice beaches in Sri Lanka. A place where you find a private beach, go into the ocean and cool down for a bit in this hot country. However it is also the place where you can go for whale watching, just a couple of kilometers away from the coast line. […]

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]]> https://svenywhere.com/spotting-blue-whales-and-swimming-with-giant-sea-turtles/feed/ 1 One of the most amazing train journeys in the world https://svenywhere.com/one-of-the-most-amazing-train-journeys-in-the-world/ https://svenywhere.com/one-of-the-most-amazing-train-journeys-in-the-world/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:45:45 +0000 http://svenywhere.com/?p=2097 Train journeys, there are always so many amazing train journeys to make. The one I made in Austria were always wonderful. I talked to you guys before about the one I made before in India. However I am pretty sure that all of those journeys can’t beat the journey from Nuwara Eliya to Ella in […]

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]]> https://svenywhere.com/negombo-fish-market/feed/ 1 Sexual harassment in Sri Lanka https://svenywhere.com/sexual-harassment-in-sri-lanka/ https://svenywhere.com/sexual-harassment-in-sri-lanka/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:00:21 +0000 http://svenywhere.com/?p=2084 Sri Lanka ended with us as a country with two faces. People are amazing in this country and so friendly. The nature is beautiful, and you will have everything from mountains till beaches. However there are also some stories going on and you need to be aware of this. Recent Events In April 2018, two […]

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]]> https://svenywhere.com/sexual-harassment-in-sri-lanka/feed/ 1 Sri Lanka Vlog #3: Sigiriya and the Botanical Garden https://svenywhere.com/sri-lanka-vlog-3-sigiriya-and-the-botanical-garden/ https://svenywhere.com/sri-lanka-vlog-3-sigiriya-and-the-botanical-garden/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2018 10:00:28 +0000 http://svenywhere.com/?p=2114 We continue my vlog series from Sri Lanka. This is part 3, which will cover Sigiriya, the botanical garden and street food. For future videos I have changed my microphone so hopefully the audio will be better when I will do my vlogs from China. Sigiriya Sigiriya is sometimes better known as Lions Rock. While […]

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]]> https://svenywhere.com/sri-lanka-vlog-3-sigiriya-and-the-botanical-garden/feed/ 1 Sri Lanka Vlog #2: Pinnawala and Kandy https://svenywhere.com/sri-lanka-vlog-2-pinnawala-and-kandy/ https://svenywhere.com/sri-lanka-vlog-2-pinnawala-and-kandy/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2018 10:00:16 +0000 http://svenywhere.com/?p=2072 Where in the first vlog I covered Negombo and Colombo in 48 hours, it is now time to move forward. Taking the bus from Negombo to Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. Exploring the Elepehant Orphanage and from there move to Kandy, where we still have some time left to explore Sri Dalada Maligawa. While loads of people […]

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]]> https://svenywhere.com/pinnawala-elepehant-orphanage/feed/ 1 Sri Lanka Vlog #1: Colombo and Negombo https://svenywhere.com/sri-lanka-vlog-1-colombo-and-negombo/ https://svenywhere.com/sri-lanka-vlog-1-colombo-and-negombo/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2018 11:23:13 +0000 http://svenywhere.com/?p=2040 This is an exciting moment guys. My first ever vlog. Of course I already teased to this moment from London. But this is the kick off of a 7 part video item that I made from Sri Lanka. Don’t worry you will still have all my other articles from Sri Lanka as well, such as […]

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