This is how I celebrated my new year....

spadival · 5th January 2008, 15:28

Wow... nice place. BTW, Do you need a visa to go to SL?

tifosikrishna · 5th January 2008, 15:32

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Originally Posted by spadival

Wow... nice place. BTW, Do you need a visa to go to SL?

No, Indian passport holders get visa on arrival.

ranjit,

Photos were all very good, especially the track running along the sea.

HappyWheels · 5th January 2008, 16:00

Sri Lanka is a very beautiful country and worth a visit any time.

When you travel thru the interiors of Sri Lanka, you might get mistaken that you are in some place in Kerala, the similarity is too striking. Even the clothing is similar, to an extent.

And hospitality, just superb. The people go to a far extend to make you feel at home, something we do not find in our own place! Had a lot of good experience when traveling and when we faced problems (of which there were a lot!)

Neo, didnt you check out the corals at Galle?

snaronikar · 5th January 2008, 16:35

Nice pcs and good naration man. The pics are so tempting that I'am thinking of a trip there in next couple of years...

neoranjit · 5th January 2008, 17:45

Thanks all for your comments..

@happy wheels.. Had to attend a meeting at work on the 2nds. So, was forced to come back on 1st. Friends who came with me stayed back and visited Galle.

@spadival .. Visa is on arrival.. When I stood at the immigration counter at Colombo Airport, the guy didnt even ask me how long my stay was, etc. He just gave me a visa.

@tifosi... the track along the sea. I was amazed to see how clean it was unlike how you can see tons of plastic here in India

@ madan : The train runs on broad guage unlike the narrow guage that we have in our hill stations.

vnabhi · 5th January 2008, 18:10

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Originally Posted by nitrous

NICE! Like the locale.
I see U packed ur SX4 in ur backpack and took it along.

But it appears you packed in a hurry---you forgot to pack the boot !

Great pics, and what an offer you got! Does the price include taxes? Do let us know next time you see an ad like that.

ph03n!x · 30th July 2008, 12:36

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Originally Posted by neoranjit

Last year, startng at Plan A , we went upto Plan H and finally ended up at a disc which was the last thing we wanted to do .

Sorry to kick up an old thread, just saw this thread!!

Nice photos, Neo - I guess this is the first time am seeing some from your SL trip... But about last new year -

esteem_lover · 30th July 2008, 13:02

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Originally Posted by ph03n!x

Sorry to kick up an old thread, just saw this thread!!

Nice photos, Neo - I guess this is the first time am seeing some from your SL trip... But about last new year -

thanks for kicking it up, i would have never known about this trip.

Terrific offer neo. I see that it pays to just hang around the internet.

neoranjit · 30th July 2008, 16:46

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Originally Posted by esteem_lover

thanks for kicking it up, i would have never known about this trip.

Terrific offer neo. I see that it pays to just hang around the internet.

I realised there are so many people at work who browse and get hold of cheap tickets. Someone found this for me actually.

mjothi · 30th July 2008, 16:57

Thanks for brining this thread back to life

Eventhough I have seen this, now I see the Hatchback SX4 in Srilanka. Great. May be becasue of the recent thread on this and fabia made me recognise this.
I feel this looks much better than the Sedan version. Lol...

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spadival Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,773 Thanked: 29 Times View My Garage	Wow... nice place. BTW, Do you need a visa to go to SL?
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HappyWheels Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 4,143 Thanked: 566 Times	Sri Lanka is a very beautiful country and worth a visit any time. When you travel thru the interiors of Sri Lanka, you might get mistaken that you are in some place in Kerala, the similarity is too striking. Even the clothing is similar, to an extent. And hospitality, just superb. The people go to a far extend to make you feel at home, something we do not find in our own place! Had a lot of good experience when traveling and when we faced problems (of which there were a lot!) Neo, didnt you check out the corals at Galle?
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snaronikar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 2,845 Thanked: 29 Times View My Garage	Nice pcs and good naration man. The pics are so tempting that I'am thinking of a trip there in next couple of years...
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neoranjit BHPian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 588 Thanked: 196 Times View My Garage	Thanks all for your comments.. @happy wheels.. Had to attend a meeting at work on the 2nds. So, was forced to come back on 1st. Friends who came with me stayed back and visited Galle. @spadival .. Visa is on arrival.. When I stood at the immigration counter at Colombo Airport, the guy didnt even ask me how long my stay was, etc. He just gave me a visa. @tifosi... the track along the sea. I was amazed to see how clean it was unlike how you can see tons of plastic here in India @ madan : The train runs on broad guage unlike the narrow guage that we have in our hill stations.
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mjothi Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,290 Thanked: 232 Times View My Garage	Thanks for brining this thread back to life Eventhough I have seen this, now I see the Hatchback SX4 in Srilanka. Great. May be becasue of the recent thread on this and fabia made me recognise this. I feel this looks much better than the Sedan version. Lol...
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