Sri Lanka was a country we knew very little about before arriving and decided to visit mostly out of convenience. It was an easy stop over on our way to South Africa, and provided a culture we had yet to encounter. Although our experience here was difficult at times, I’m happy we came and I’m…
Month: March 2026
The Alexis Angle – Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is the ninth stop on our gap year, and the shortest. The beginning of living here was hard for many reasons: such as that the food here feels like it is always spicy, we have to wear bug spray any time we go out so that we don’t get Dengue fever, and our…
Schools Around the World – Sri Lanka
The Ministry of Education oversees the Sri Lankan public school system. We drove past several schools during our tuk-tuk tour, and they have the same open air concept we’ve seen in warm climates. We also saw a bus of what looked like early high school age students. They waved at us enthusiastically from the windows…
From Colombo to Galle: A Day Trip Exploring the Western Coast of Sri Lanka
Yesterday we took a road trip south to explore the western coast of Sri Lanka. Dave and I went back and forth for days about whether we wanted to do this tour. It would be a lot of time spent in a van, which didn’t sound great before the very long travel day we have…