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PETER SAMSON I read a travel feature on types of holidaymakers, and it declared that a person selecting the same destination year after year is categorised as an ‘old reliable’. OK, I’ll take the reliable and pass on the old, thanks. For the record I happily confess to holidaying in Sri Lanka some seven times in the past decade but one thing for certain is that each visit has been very different each time.

My reasons for repeat visits to this island off the coast of India are simple. It’s the perfect winter sunshine destination delivering that much-welcome vitamin-D boost with temperatures of 25c plus, peppered with the odd burst of refreshing rain that usually comes and goes within an hour. The Sri Lankans are welcoming, and the food is amazing.



Budget-wise it’s attractive too with Which? consumer experts declaring it one of its ‘best value’ destinations for 2024. Aptly named – Sri Lanka translates as ‘resplendent island' - the tear-drop land mass is a quarter of the size of the UK and with a third of our population. Over the years in our visits, we’ve travelled far and wide from the southern coast where Galle is its biggest city, through the interior to visit the historically significant Sigiriya Lion Rock, dating back to the fifth century, and to the northern area where the diverse city of Jaffna dominates and now welcomes visitors following the end of the island’s civil war.

We’ve seen a lot of the island. The most recent visit switched our focus b.

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