Saturday, January 22, 2011

Sri Lanka, The Pearl of the Indian Ocean

Sri Lanka is a very beautiful country. It is a small country that is in the Indian Ocean. The length of Sri Lanka is about 432 kilometers and width is about 224 kilometers. Although it is small it has a proud history and many important places to see including ruins of ancient kingdoms, very beautiful waterfalls, National Parks, world famous forest Sinharaja and many more things. The most important thing is you can see these things with in such a small island.
There are more than 300 waterfalls and about 15 national parks. You can go to every climate condition (except snow whether) with in few hours period. The temperature range within Sri Lanka is about 29°C to 14°C. So this will be a great experience for anyone.
In this website it describes few important places which are in Sri Lanka. Below are some images that will explore the beauty of Sri Lanka.


Elephants at Udawalawe national park
Dunhinda Waterfall-Badulla

Let's get to know some important places in Sri Lanka. You will get to know much more details about the beautiful and important places in Sri lanka after reading this websites. Go to the category at the top of this site which you need to know. For example if you need to know about the waterfalls in Sri Lanka you have to go to "waterfalls" tab on the top of this site.