There are many ways to travel around in Sri Lanka. Transport ranges from train, bus, taxi, car rentals, sea planes and helicopters.
The country has about 96,695 km of roads. Total length of roads is 11,285 km from which 10,721 km are paved and 564 km are unpaved. As many roads are narrow, government has now [...]

Sri Lanka is a multi ethnic and multi religious country. Beside from Buddhism people of Sri Lanka follows other religions like Islam, Hinduism and Christianity.
70% of the population of Sri Lanka follows Buddhism making it the major religion of the country, according to traditional Sri Lankan chronicles, Buddhism was introduced into Sri Lanka in the [...]

Sri Lanka has a climate of tropical monsoons; north-east monsoon (December to March) and south-west monsoon (June to October), due to proximity to equator. So the temperature is plain and high throughout the year. The average temperature in Colombo is 27 ºC with a humidity that varies from 70% at day time and 90% during [...]

Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Geographic coordinates: 7°00′N, 81°00′E
Land area: 24,996 sq mi (64,740 sq km)
Total area: 25,332 sq mi (65,610 sq km)
Population: 20,926,315 (2007)
Government: Democratic Socialist Republic
President: Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005)
Prime Minister: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (2005)
Languages: Sinhala 74% (official and national), Tamil 18% (national), other 8%; English is commonly used in government and [...]