Sri Lanka
so many BEAUTIFUL names for one country
„Cejlon”
„Island of the Jewels”
"Tear of India”
„Pearl of the Indian Ocean”
The magic of this island is a climate where its peculiar character makes it possible to visit it all year round. Wonderful nature and scenic landscapes will make you feel like in a paradise garden. Wonderful long beaches, palm trees and sunshine guarantee a pleasant holiday.
This country can entertain everyone. People are friendly and always smiling. It is an ideal country for people seeking an original, warm and safe holiday. In Ceylon no one will be bored.
Are you dreaming of an exotic journey? – this place created for you.
If you do not have time to follow the offers on the internet I recommend setting a price alert on a free flight search, for example
www.kayak.pl,
www.skyscanner.pl,
www.tanie-loty.com.pl,
When you specify the dates and the prices you set, you will receive notifications that will show you price trends within the specified time range for multiple airlines.
Do not limit yourself to the nearest airport to your place, sometimes really good deals you will find flying from neighboring countries, which you will easily get for example Polish Bus or Lux Bus and valuable will still be attractive
This is a great daily release, and by the way you can find the right prices for our wallet.
My favorite information service is the portal
www.fly4free.pl or www.wakacyjnipiraci.pl.
Sometimes a nice flight offer can be found in the tourist season among charter operators when they stay on the plane, but it is a very short time to decide and fly. Airlines that I personally have been traveling to Sri Lanka from now on include Emirates Airlines and Qatar Airways. From Prague, cheap airline FlyDubai.
Cities worth looking for flights outside the country are
Prague,
Budapest,
Berlin.
The prices of air tickets range from 1700 to 3 500 PLN (of course they are more expensive) and I mean economy class here. Sometimes the offer tempts us with cheap tickets but it is always worth checking how long it will take you to fly. The lines mentioned above always have stops at their home ports, Dubai and Doha. Beautiful airport. Waiting times in these cities vary from one hour to several hours, but with very cheap flights it can take much longer. If you fancy a single trip to see Dubai yet take advantage of the long stop with this country. After the abolition of visas it is a great offer to see the city even from behind the taxi windows, which is not expensive.
In pursuit of the sun
That is the climate we have
Sri Lanka is an ideal place for those who love the heat and the sunshine. There is always the sun shining, it only depends on which part of the country you are. Regardless of the season, there will always be a place on the coast where the beaches are dry and the sun shines. I can say from my own experience that the weather in Sri Lanka likes to play tricks and sometimes can get really wet when the theory should absolutely not rain. This is the weather - you have no influence on it - so enjoy what it is. The prize for heavy rains is beautiful green
and sea of flowers. Something for something.
There is a tropical climate, very moist. The average temperature in the lowlands is 26 – 30 degrees Celsius and in the mountains 15 – 20 degrees Celsius, air humidity 70%. nights
The mountains are sometimes really cool, especially in December and January, where frost may even appear.
My observations – not only do Europeans sweat mercilessly – indigenous people have the same problem when it gets damp and windless.
In Sri Lanka there are no distinct seasons, just like in Europe. The climate of the island is influenced by two summer and winter monsoons – winds bringing tropical, intense rays, which usually last about 10 to 20 minutes but sometimes also last for several days.
When traveling to Sri Lanka it is important to remember that when it rains in the north and east, the sun is shining in the south and west and vice versa. Rain does not disturb
Visiting if there are no floods.
In short, Sri Lanka is a year-round destination. The best season for a holiday on the north and east coast is between May and September and the south and west coasts are between December and March. We must take into account that it is nature and sometimes monsumes “will be late”.
What’s next … so visa and insurance
You already have the tickets to stay on the island you do not worry because the route we have a jointly agreed, Leo has booked accommodation and the driver Leo Tur will be waiting for you at the airport so ask what formalities are still necessary to settle?
First
Visa
If you want to enter Sri Lanka you must buy a visa.
There are two options.
The first is to buy it at the airport at Colombo (it is more expensive by 5 USD).
The second, recommended by me, is the use of the Sri Lankan online visa system www.eta.gov.lk - cost 35 USD. It is a double entry visa and allows you to stay in the island for 30 days.
The passport should be valid for a minimum of 6 months from the date of departure. Tourists must have a return ticket. The last time I wait for a visa after the application is two minutes. Congratulations to the system.
On the plane or at the airport we also fill out an Arrival Card application. Children up to 12 years of age receive a visa free of charge.
Secondly
Insurance and health
Wherever you go for longer you should have standard insurance, but do not include extreme sports and if you are passionate it is worth extending insurance (eg when you dive). When leaving Sri Lanka, there is no compulsory vaccination, but it is recommended that for any further travel, vaccination against jaundice type A and B, tetanus, typhoid
and diphtheria. It is worth vaccinating to think ahead because they are not cheap and well cost to spread out over time. Consoling is that they have sometimes a lifetime of a few years. It is worth setting up the International Book of Immunization because there are all our vaccines registered there, and they are official documents confirming the vaccination. It can be obtained at travel medicine clinics.
All essential medicines are available in pharmacies throughout the country, but you should always have the basic medication first aid kit with you.
every day, painkillers, basic dressings and something for insect bites. I admit that unfortunately mosquitoes love me so I always take with me
Travel Mugga spray preparation. Just heat with the memory to use it.
And finally, some useful information
and Tamil. Do not be afraid the driver Leo Tur will talk to you in English as well
and some of the islanders who are trying to master this language although in the basic version.
It's 4 hours 30 minutes ahead and in the summer time is 3 hours 30 minutes.
The course in July 2017 is:
1 PLN – 41.82 LKR
1 USA – 153,85 LKR
1 EUR – 176.32 LKR
Credit card payments are accepted in most hotels, shops and restaurants.
In larger cities you can withdraw cash from ATMs. It is not always easy because some ATMs do not read our cards.
You can bring up to two bottles of vodka or three bottles of wine and one carton of cigarettes on the island. It is good to do alcohol shopping in the duty free zone after customs clearance at Colombo Airport, because the spirits on the island are much more expensive.
In Sri Lanka, there are several types of plugins: D type with three round pins, type G version with three rectangular pins and a European plug-in version, with a third pin in the middle that can be unlocked (at your own risk). In stores, the adapter costs about $ 1.
At the airport you should buy a SIM card. Depending on the operator it is costing up to US $ 10 plus a data package. The internet on the island is cheap 5 GB it costs about 6 USD. It does not just come into contact with the country but also to contact the island eg with drivers, with hotels. Internet hotels are different, often only available in the reception lobby, and they work very well, but sometimes we find the opposite - it is very slow or not at all. Therefore better to count on your own.