Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean in South Asia, and is known for its rich cultural heritage, natural parks and beautiful scenery and beaches. We visited Sri Lanka in November and combined our trip with a visit to the Maldives. We stayed 11...
The Maldives is an archipelago consisting of almost 1,200 islands located in the Indian Ocean and is one of the most beautiful beach destinations in the world. The islands are spread over an area of approximately 90,000 km², but the total area of...
Negombo is a city located on the west coast of Sri Lanka and is about 40 kilometers from Colombo. After our visit to the Maldives we decided to spend our last day in Sri Lanka in Negombo. As the international airport Colombo Bandaranaike Airport is...
Colombo is the capital and Sri Lanka‘s largest city. Among other things, it has the country’s largest port and trading center. Initially we’d wanted to skip Colombo, but we were actually curious about this city which , by the way...
Jerash is an ancient city in Jordan known for the important Roman sights you will find here. The city was once part of the Decapolis League, a group of ten cities claimed by the Roman Empire. There are still many sights in Jerash from this period...
It is known as one of the most beautiful train journeys in the world: the train ride from Ella to Kandy or vice versa. It was one of the highlights of our Sri Lanka trip. You will drive through mountains and along numerous rice fields and tea...
Kandy is the capital of the central province of Kandy and is one of the largest cities in Sri Lanka. The city has more than 100,000 inhabitants and is especially popular among tourists, because the train to Ella leaves from here. This train ride is...
The small fishing village of Mahahual is about 2.5 hours’ drive from Tulum. Mahahual has about 2,000 inhabitants who primarily earn their money with cruise tourism. Mahahual is the second most popular place along the east coast of Mexico after...
The Golden Circle is a 300 kilometers long touristic (car) route near Reykjavik. We drove this route and stayed in Tungufell, at Jaðar – The Old House. This holiday home, with a horse riding school, was by far the most beautiful and special...
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