Empty stretches of sand, charming colonial towns, it's everything you want in an island escape
Hanging out at Apa Villa Illuketia, an old colonial plantation that’s now a hotel with extensive gardens. After this photo was taken we saw a monitor lizard in the pond.Ellen Himelfarb
You don’t have to share the sights of Sri Lanka with a billion others.Ellen Himelfarb
Sri Lanka has delicious sandy beaches and they are often empty of tourists.Ellen Himelfarb
We saw our first elephant by the side of the road near Udawalawe National Park, unsure if it was a baby or mama; subcontinental elephants are disarmingly small.Ellen Himelfarb
The lighthouse in Galle, Sri Lanka by the city’s old ramparts.Ellen Himelfarb
Sri Lanka definitely feels like a country on the cusp. Markets are beginning to gentrify and restaurants in town have discovered pizza for Western toddlers averse to the vernacular curries.Ellen Himelfarb