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One Island, Thirteen Very Different Countries

Drive four hours in Sri Lanka and the language, food, weather and landscape all change.

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Every Corner of the Island Has a Story

Thirteen regions, each with its own weather, food and season. The brighter ones are the ones we have written about so far.

Rain-shadow highlands. Viaducts, waterfalls, and a gap in the hills that frames the whole south coast on a clear morning.

Best months

February to September — the rain here arrives in November, not June

Worth the detour

13 stories on the site · Ella, Haputale

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Where mountains disappear into the clouds.

A range that keeps its secrets well.

Cold rivers, warm evenings, no hurry at all.

Ceylon tea, cold mornings, and colonial ghosts.