# Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

2026-02 → 2026-05 · 3 months long stay from south beaches to central hills

**"Srilanka has everything"** is the phrase i always use when someone asks me how was srilanka.

It was the second time for me in SL & I went there to build & train the newly built engineering team for Krane but got a plenty of time to roam around in weekends.

I stayed in colombo for majority of time but went to couple of beach towns in the south. Luckily i got there in the best time of the year with very good weather, clear blue skies, golden beaches & navy blue water. Also there were very very less tourists that time of the year as apparently its off peak season.

Mirrissa & Unawatuna is a must of you get a chance to go there. Bentota is pretty nice as well and is very close to colombo.

I also traveled to the central hills, i was missing bit of a cooler weather after living in constant 30°C+ (80F+) and landscapes a lot being a Nepali and it was mesmerizing. Sigiriya was super hot & super humid but after reaching Kandy things started to cool down and look more picture-esque & Nuwara Eliya was absolutely amazing, it gave a very small european town vibe with foggy, chill temperatures going down to 10°C (50F) in the evenings.

There's this small lake & the town is surrounded by tea gardens, there are waterfalls nearby too, it felt like a very distant cousin of [Ilam](https://share.google/t0YtGCuRaREADUEYW). 

Speaking of waterfalls, next in the list was Ella the vibrant hill town. The environment here is very upbeat and vibrant especially at night. Very popular cafes/bars around, the famous nine arch bridge, couple of mountains (they call it not me) you can hike up to. There are lot of waterfalls around but unfortunately I couldn't go due to the short time i had there. Maybe next time!