Sri Lanka Review (Luke)

    Everybody says that Sri Lanka is "India Lite". On that note I don't think we would have survived India. Coming into Sri Lanka we all had little knowledge of what it would be like. I think that we all had a little trouble in Sri Lanka with the budget we had. We learned that Sri Lanka charges tourists about 5x more for everything which was a struggle for us. On a good note though, we really enjoyed the food such as rotti and rice and curry. Describing Sri Lanka is hard because of its unique atmosphere.

    We really enjoyed Sri Lanka and it's many activities such as going on a safari, snorkeling, petting huge sea turtles, surfing, visiting the botanical gardens, and sleeping in a tree house. We saw leopards and peacocks on the safari, a 4 foot fish while snorkeling, and turtles the size of Maggie. The foods also were great. A Sri Lankan meal is first of all not fast to make, second of all is usually rice and curry. My favorite food in Sri Lanka by far was chicken rotti. Chicken rotti is basically chicken wrapped in a tortilla like bread. Overall I think Sri Lanka had some fun activities but there were downsides to Sri Lanka too. 

    Sri Lanka as you may know was in a civil war until about 2009. It is new to tourism and they do not make it easy for tourists to get around.  First of all, Sri Lanka is an island and driving is not fast. The speed limit on Sri Lankan roads are about 25 miles per hour everywhere. A place that is 45 miles away would only take an hour or so, right?  Wrong! A Sri Lankan would look at that and think that it would take 90 minutes. Another thing that was really slow was the food. The food apparently takes a long time to cook so you usually end up waiting for your food for a good 45 minutes. 

    Sri Lanka is interesting and unique, like no other place I have ever been. Even if it made me feel uncomfortable and weird at times, I still think Sri Lanka was worth visiting. After leaving Sri Lanka I still don't think I have a word to describe it but different.