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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL SRI LANK A 550 25 12 ussellawa CENT A5 LMAABCOKOWKOELOLDIES mboda TEA ESTATE q photographs NUWELAIYRAA9Ó 0PTEEDAdetailed maps illustrations EYEWITNESS TRAVEL SRI LANKA EYEWITNESS TRAVEL SRI LANKA Managing Editor MadhuMadhavi Singh Senior Editorial Manager Savitha Kumar Editorial Manager Sheeba Bhatnagar Senior Manager Design and Cartography Priyanka Thakur Project Editor Shreya Sarkar Editor Vatsala Srivastava Project Designer Namrata Adhwaryu Cartography Manager Suresh Kumar Senior Cartographer Subhashree Bharti Senior DTP Designer Azeem Siddiqui Senior Picture Research Manager Taiyaba Khatoon Assistant Picture Researcher Ashwin Adimari Picturesque view of the palm-fringed Mirissa Beach Photographer Idris Ahmed Contents Illustrators Chingtham Chinglemba, Sanjeev Kumar, Arun Pottirayil How to Use this Guide 6 Printed and bound by Leo Paper Products Ltd, China First American Edition, 2014 Introducing 14 15 16 17 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Sri Lanka Published in the United States by Dorling Kindersley Limited Discovering Sri Lanka 10 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, UK Copyright © 2014 Dorling Kindersley Limited, London Putting Sri Lanka on A Penguin Random House Company the Map 16 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in A Portrait of Sri Lanka 18 a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Sri Lanka Through the Year 40 A Cataloging in publication record is available from the Library of Congress. ISSN 1542-1554 The History of ISBN 978 0 7566 9851 5 Sri Lanka 44 Floors are referred to throughout in accordance with European usage; ie the “first floor” is the floor above ground level. The information in this DK Eyewitness Travel Guide is checked regularly. Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging arrangements and travel information are liable to change. The publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this book, nor for any material on third party websites, and cannot guarantee that any website address in this book will be a suitable source of travel information. We value the views and suggestions of our readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL, UK, or email: [email protected]. Elephants bathing in the Ma Oya river, Front cover main image: Expansive tea plantations in Nuwara Eliya, the Hill Country Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage Brightly painted fishing boats on a beach near Ambalangoda The Cultural Triangle 154 The East 184 Jaffna and the North 200 Travelers’ Needs Where to Stay 212 Where to Eat and Drink 222 Seated Buddha images around the dagoba Shopping in Sri Lanka 234 in Cave II, Dambulla Cave Temples Entertainment in Outdoor Activities and Sri Lanka Area Sri Lanka 240 Special Interests 244 by Area Survival Guide Sri Lanka At a Glance 58 Practical Information 252 Colombo 60 Travel Information 264 The West Coast 88 General Index 270 The South 104 Acknowledgments 283 Kandy and the Hill Country 130 Dancers performing in the procession during Phrase Book 285 Esala Perahera, Kandy The Temple of the Tooth, Kandy (cid:3) 6 HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE This Dorling Kindersley Travel Guide helps you is the main sightseeing section, which covers get the most from your visit to Sri Lanka. It pro- all the important sights, with photog raphs, vides detailed practical information and expert maps and illustrations. Information on hotels, recommendations. Introducing Sri Lanka maps restaurants, shops, entertainment and sports the country and its areas, sets them in their is found in Travellers’ Needs. The Survival Guide historical and cultural context and describes has advice on everything from travel to medical events through the year. Sri Lanka Area by Area services, banks and communications. 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