Travellers Sri Lanka

by Andrew Forbes

• ISBN13: 9781841574363
• ISBN10: 1841574368
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: Thomas Cook Publishing

Summary

Whether long haul, short haul, regional tours or city breaks - Travellers help planning the trip and are full of useful information on walks and tours, eating out, shopping and top travel tips.

Author Biography

Andrew Forbes graduated in Chinese Studies at the University of Leeds before completing an MA in Islamic Studies and a PhD in Central Asian History. He is also a Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford. He has been writing about Asian Affairs for more than 25 years, first as Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Aberdeen, then as Editor of CPA Media. He is a regular contributor to Asian Wall Street Journal and the author of more than a dozen books on Southern and Eastern Asia. He has lived in the historic Northern Thai city of Chiang Mai for the last 15 years and travels regularly throughout the region on writing and photographic assignments.

Table of Contents

Background	p. 4
Introduction	p. 4
The land	p. 6
History	p. 10
People	p. 22
Festivals and Religion	p. 28
First steps	p. 34
Impressions	p. 34
Destination guide	p. 42
Colombo	p. 42
Kandy	p. 60
The west coast	p. 70
The deep south	p. 80
The southern interior	p. 96
The Central Highlands	p. 104
The Cultural Triangle	p. 116
The east coast	p. 130
The north	p. 140
Getting away from it all	p. 144
Directory	p. 148
Shopping	p. 148
Entertainment	p. 153
Children	p. 156
Sport and leisure	p. 158
Food and drink	p. 162
Hotels and accommodation	p. 172
Practical guide	p. 178
Index	p. 190
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