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Originally Posted by kyh
Heard they're seeing more and more tourists these days, esp with AirAsia flying in at budget rates from KL.
Speaking of Sri Lankans, oh man, they were the friendliest bunch I've ever met on my travels. Everywhere I went, I would be greeted with "hello!" "hi!" "are you from japan/korea?" - which i'm neither, haha! sigiriya was just plain awesome.. and i miss my days in galle - splendid fortified seaside town (a great retirement place too).
i find their rice to taste somewhat weird though. they had this mouldy taste which is so different to the one that i hv back home.
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Oh yeah I got the same, I guess that's where most of the Asian tourists to Lanka are from. Many seemed surprised when I told them I'm from Australia. Galle is pretty nice and yeah Sigiriya was one of the highlights. A fortress on top a huge rock? That's like so awesome lol.
Yeah they have this type of rice I haven't really seen anywhere else, it's a very short grain, almost like little balls of rice... and weren't the portion sizes just overwhelming? I'd sometimes get a huge mound of rice and struggle to finish it. For a meal of about 300 Sri Lankan Rupees you'd get like 6 side dishes. Generally really good, though, although at times it got a wee bit repetitive.
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