Gopa, Charles, Bithi, Chitra & Indira
England/India, January 2018
What did you like most about Sri Lanka?
The people we met.
The cleanness and relative ease of travel (compared with India!).
Natural beauty, landscape and wildlife, especially birds.
Historical sites.
What did you like least about Sri Lanka?
[No comment]
What is your opinion of your accommodation in Sri Lanka?
It was excellent.
What is your opinion of your chauffeur guide in Sri Lanka?
Apart from being a very good driver, he was sensitive to our needs and wishes. He was humane, patient, and knowledgeable about places and wildlife. We would have missed a good deal without his guidance and he really helped make our trip. We appreciated that he let us take the lead on the kinds of shops or restaurants we wanted to try. [Anura]
What is your opinion of your flights to and from Sri Lanka?
Sri Lankan Airlines was good. We were flying to and from India. [Arranged own flights]
Any other comments?
John gave us very good guidance in planning our itinerary and smoothly handled the various changes we made before we settled on the final plan.
We were travelling with a person of limited mobility and were helped with suitable accommodation. Our guide was thoughtful about places she would be happy and comfortable while the rest of us were walking or climbing at sites.
There were many incidental pleasures en route, such as the coconut water from the lovely yellow coconuts, the fruit stalls – and wild elephants by the road.
One of the highlights was our walk in the Udawattakelle Sanctuary at Kandy. In the space of just an hour – with the help of our chauffeur guide – we saw a terrapin, barking deer, wild boars and many birds, which our guide identified.
I was a bit disappointed not to have seen the more academic Kandyan dance.
It was interesting to see how many Europeans or Australians were travelling with babies or young children – it seems more possible than in parts of India.
We found the ancient engineering more impressive than the sculpture or architecture, though the sites were wonderful.
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