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Sri Lankan roads are quite something with traffic rules inexistent and everyone driving wherever they find the space. Tuk-tuks are omnipresent and drive like madmen. Yet the whole experience is worth it, the coast offers a nice drive from beach to beach, and as you move inland the traffic calms down and is replaced by lush nature and fauna.
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We visited both the South-West coast and the North-East coast. In the South-West the rainy season was already there, so the ocean was already rough and surfing season was over. That coast is more smaller beaches often in bays or creeks. The North-East is where you can find larger sand beaches.
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Away from the coast, the scenery changes and gives way to wetlands and paddy fields, then climbs into tea country, forest and rock. Sri-Lankan forests are very lush and worth exploring.
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111The quiet hours
We found many great stays in Sri Lanka, very nicely decorated and at reasonable prices. A few frames from the nicest ones below.
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Sri Lanka has plenty of fauna to discover, and you don't necessarily have to go all the national parks to have nice encounters. Elephants, monkey and buffalos are often on the roads, you just have to drive slowly and watch around you. Safaris are also nice, especially to try and find the famous lepoard, which we were very lucky to see after a grueling afternoon in a Jeep driving around to find it.
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