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Friday, December 17, 2010 - 6.50 GMT |
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Sri Lanka
epitomizes fantasy of a tropical island
- The National |
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 Sri Lanka epitomizes every fantasy of a tropical island and has been described as the "No 1 address in the Indian Ocean", states The National, a UAE based newspaper in an article titled, 'My kind of place: Galle, Sri Lanka', published yesterday (16 Dec).
"Within the rampart walls of the 36-hectare fort, built by the Dutch in 1663, the clocks seem to have stopped. About 400 houses line five main streets - some of the finest Portugese, Dutch and British colonial architecture in South Asia," Karen Davies, the writer describes.
The writer further says, Sri Lanka's peak season is Christmas and New Year, when many visitors escape a frosty European winter for the blue skies of the tropics. Travellers from the Middle East may well enjoy the south of the island during its two monsoon seasons from April to June and October to November, he said.
Outside the fort, at the base of its towering granite walls lies the international cricket ground and an elephant polo field (yes, elephants, not horses, are used for polo in Sri Lanka), the report adds.
The writer advises travelers if you want to feel the sand between your toes, take a tuk-tuk ride to the nearby horseshoe-shaped beach of Unawatuna. The east side of the bay is overlooked by a white Buddhist temple and there's a track road that leads up the hill for serene views of the Indian ocean.
Full report is found at:
http://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/travel/my-kind-of-place-galle-sri-lanka?pageCount=1
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