Sri Lanka, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide [Paperback]

Royston Ellis (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bradt Travel Guide | Publication Date: January 1, 2006

Sri Lanka is historically a favorite Indian Ocean destination for travelers, and post-tsunami visitor levels are anticipated to return to normal as visitors support the island's recovery. In this new edition a complete range of coastal resorts are covered for the tourist looking to unwind, whilst a variety of activities and attractions will tempt visitors to explore the interior of the island, untouched by the tsunami. Suggestions on places to visit include temples and shrines, the elephant orphanage at Pinnawela, botanical and zoological gardens, and a pilgrimage to the top of Adam's Peak by night to watch the sunrise.
Features include:
*Final research for this new edition carried out post-tsunami
*Author a long-term Sri Lanka resident
*Coverage of national parks, natural history, and a wide range of watersports
*"Giving something back" section on traveling responsibly, particularly reflecting support of local charities and rebuilding projects

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Sri Lanka, like a teardrop at the tip of India, is a land of contrasts: home of dynamic cricket and surf-lapped beaches; hilly tea plantations and elephants plodding through the traffic; temples, colonial bungalows and botanical gardens--this is a fascinating island with various attractions to tempt the curious.
Researched in the aftermath of the tsunami by local resident Royston Ellis, this new edition presents a country ready again to welcome visitors. While coastal resorts delight those wanting to unwind, Sri Lanka will also enchant those interested in history, culture, wildlife and adventure. This guide is the ideal companion.

*New coverage of areas previously off-limits
*Getting around, with the best train journeys for visitors
*Local perspective on accommodation and restaurants
*Watersports, river rafting, trekking and other activities
*National parks and wildlife
*Culture, entertainment and festivals

About the Author

Royston Ellis is a novelist, travel-guide writer, and contributor to airline magazines who has lived in Sri Lanka for many years. His other guides for Bradt include Maldives and Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides; 2nd edition (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841621293
• ISBN-13: 978-1841621296
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,247,297 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #85 in Books > Travel > Asia > Sri Lanka

More About the Author

ROYSTON ELLIS is a British-born author of some 50 published books who has lived in Sri Lanka since 1980 where he writes in a century-old cottage overlooking the Indian Ocean. His first book, a sequence of poems called Jiving To Gyp, was published by Scorpion Press in 1959, when he was 18. Until 1961 he performed his poems on stage and TV to rock music (Rocketry) backed by The Shadows, Jimmy Page and a group that later became famous as The Beatles (whom he named). After living in the Channel Islands and the Canary Islands he moved to Dominica in 1966 where, as Richard Tresillian, he wrote the best-selling Bondmaster series of historical novels. He specialises now in books with Indian Ocean settings, including the Bradt guides to Mauritius, Maldives and Sri Lanka. (www.roystonellis.com)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars if you love the beach this is the book for you..., March 10, 2006

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This review is from: Sri Lanka, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide (Paperback)

This travel book was a bit disappointing, I bought this book because it was the most recently published book on travel in Sri Lanka. It is a great book if you plan to only go to the beach and Colombo. It has very little information on the interior of the country. For a more well rounded book I would get the lonely planet guide instead.