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How many people will stay in Sri Lanka forever on their travel lists?

Won the reputation of "Gem Kingdom", "Pearl in the Indian Ocean" and "Tears of God". In Sinhala, the local language, Sri Lanka also means bright, rich, sacred and beautiful.

△ Sri Lanka, Tingiria Rock/Unspulah

The locals praised the land under their feet with the most poetic part of the language. This country captured two heavyweight powder heads with its own face value and soul-

Legend has it that Kyle Poirot traveled around the world and said it was the most beautiful island he thought.

△ The most beautiful island /Pexels

Mark Twain, who traveled all over the equator, boarded one colony after another and carefully recorded and reprimanded the evil deeds of imperialism. But when he came to Sri Lanka, this writer, who is famous for his acrimony and satire, seldom expressed his feelings:

"Dizzy breath, unknown flowers, sudden downpour, suddenly sunny and beaming ..."

It seems that all the words related to mystery and beauty are suitable to describe this country.

But that's all.

△ Where does this railway in Sri Lanka lead? /Pixabay

In today's society, whether it is beautiful women, beautiful things or beautiful scenery, marketing is needed to create momentum.

Without cultural IP blessing, beautiful scenery is silent and nameless; Hotels and beaches that have been artificially shaped with personality and network celebrity temperament can always attract tourists from all over the world.

Sri Lanka is obviously more like the former. Many travel websites describe it as a place with "many possibilities to explore". Beauty is beautiful, but it makes people linger, lacking some attraction to make the to-do list come true.

Until last year, Lonely Planet rated Sri Lanka as the best country to travel in the world, and a terrible explosion broke the peace here.

Whether active or passive, Sri Lanka may have regained its sense of existence from the eyes of the people of the world.

"There is everything here except snow."

Mark Twain's Boasting for Sri Lanka has the second half:

"Deep in the distant jungle and mountains, there are ancient relics and dilapidated temples, which are the relics of once prosperous dynasties and conquered peoples-without that mysterious and ancient color, this place can't be regarded as a very complete East."

△ Buddha statue in the temple /Pixabay

△ The evening of Foya Temple/Photo courtesy of the author

There is indeed a saying in Sri Lanka that "the sparrow is small and complete". You can find eight World Heritage Sites in this land which is not as big as Chongqing.

Four ancient cities. As the capital of different dynasties in Sri Lanka's history, behind every broken wall, there is an endless glorious and bloody past.

Time has buried the great achievements of the king, but here "the oldest hospital in the world", "a tree planted by human beings in history", "the irrigation reservoir in the 5th century AD" and "the ruins of the garden city" all record the evidence of the ancient city civilization.

△Polonnaruvo/pix abay Ancient City Site

An ancient castle. 1588 was built by the Portuguese, and was later transformed and expanded by Dutch and British colonists. The complicated history created the multicultural integration of Galle today.

In the era of great navigation, the busyness of important port cities ceased to exist and was replaced by the leisurely life of European petty bourgeoisie.

Continue to visit the remaining Buddhist temples and two nature reserves, and you will only get one card in this treasure land.

△ Galle Borg/ Thumb Creativity in Sunset

Like many island countries, the terrain of Sri Lanka is high in the middle and low in the periphery.

Driving along a two-lane highway, within a week, you can cross the tropical rain forest with well-preserved biodiversity, hike across the endless plains, come to the exquisite beaches and the sea, and find several exotic baobabs.

△ Elephant in the reserve /Pixabay

Elephants walk gracefully in the bushes, allowing you to instantly cross the safari scene in South Africa; The professional butler service of hotel attendants reproduces the century-old English manor.

The setting sun passes through the clean air, giving a pious light to everyone who comes to Foya Temple barefoot and prays with flowers and oil lamps in their hands; It was dark, a gust of wind raised crows, and the whole Kandy became Hitchcock's studio again.

Even on the southern beach of Unawatuna, you can smell a little hippie paradise.

In the 1970s, rebellious and bohemian young people in Europe and America took a fancy to this beach far away from the city and came all the way here to set up tents, rent fishermen's huts and settle down.

△ Hippie Paradise/Weibo

To this day, this small fishing village looks different from other places in Sri Lanka-

The biggest use of the beach is to provide a comfortable bed for sunbathers. Girls in Bohemian skirts and boys with dirty braids pass by you quickly, making the concentration of alcohol and music in the air rise rapidly at night.

△ Unawatuna's Night/Worm Creativity

The Ambuluwawa Tower, which stands in the middle of Sri Lanka, may better reflect the composition of this country's temperament.

The wonderful idea of combining the architectural styles of Buddhist stupa, Hindu Shiva temple, Muslim mosque and Christian church makes this tower built in13rd century present a crazy postmodern temperament, which is highly sought after by ins users.

△Ambuluwawa Tower /Instagram

Indeed, as Mark Twain said, "There is everything here except snow".

When I came to Sri Lanka, I found that all the raiders were deceptive.

On the streets of Sri Lanka, in addition to the friendly locals unique to the "country of smiles", you can often see these two faces:

A calm face, like a westerner who has lived here for a long time; China people switch between mobile phone maps or strategies cautiously and nervously.

First of all, its customs and habits close to India discourage a large number of domestic tourists. Chatting with local people in curry-flavored English for two days, watching them say yes while laughing and shaking their heads, friends of all ages will have many question marks.

△ Children in Sri Lanka /Pixababy

The most taboo of traveling to Sri Lanka is to follow the raiders and complete every project as a KPI-because in the end, you may find that you have done nothing well.

It is common for lazy local drivers to be late when chartering around the island.

It is said that the farther inland you go, the more you can see the rare virgin forest landscape. But in fact, you will be dazzled by the drifting climbing skills of big brother Fujiwara Takumi.

△ tuk tuk/Pixababy on the mountain road

You are hungry, looking at the menu and talking seriously, ordering food at will, but accidentally ordering a carbon bomb fried cake fried rice.

At the end of the legendary world in Horton Plain, the rocks are full of Chinese and foreign aunts who are exhausted after walking for 6 kilometers. This is just another noisy corner on the earth.

△ Horton Plain "The End of the World", "The Seller Show"/the idea of the worm

△ "Buyer Show"/provided by the author of Horton Plain "The End of the World"

The wildlife park in Tissa National Park is full of beautiful and vigorous leopards, so you may not see them if you are lucky. Most tourists can only watch buffaloes and chickens from a distance.

The chicken here is the national bird of Sri Lanka, the black-tailed pheasant. It really has unparalleled beauty among the chickens, but you still doubt life-at the thought of crossing half of Asia, you still get up at 3 am and travel all night just to see a chicken? )

△ Black-tailed Pheasant/Wikipedia

There is also the most famous train in Sri Lanka, where Miyazaki Hayao Spirited Away lives.

If you catch up with the tourist season, it is no different from the subway at the peak of Beishangguang. There are always overbearing passengers grabbing the golden position at the entrance of the train, and you can't even get on the bus.

△ squeezed a sweat for him /Unsplash

But later, the driver who was late felt guilty and might take you to a private recommended scenic spot that could not appear in the raiders. When you are carsick, when you see a roadside stall stop, two dollars and a big golden coconut can instantly cure dizziness.

On the night after buying fried cakes and rice, I looked up and saw the brightest starry sky you have ever seen. When the sea of clouds at the end of the world dissipates and the cliff appears, you will suddenly have a song with the namer.

△ Or meet interesting locals /Unsplash

All the hype in the raiders is false, but Sri Lanka will compensate you in its own unique way.

Western backpackers who choose to put down their raiders and pack their bags one by one may be more likely to integrate into the local area. Arthur clarke, a science fiction writer, decided to spend the rest of his life in Sri Lanka because he suddenly fell in love with the sea.

△ Who doesn't love the sea /Pixabay

For the local people, they live in a unique beauty, but also have a heavy history and destiny, and they must undertake to move forward.

Sri Lanka is exquisite and you deserve it.

Calm and beautiful is not the whole picture of Sri Lanka. Life has never been just Chun Xue. The reality of fire and water has also taught Sri Lankans how to manage their exquisite life.

People of different races and beliefs live here, and the means of divide and rule by British colonists in history amplified the local ethnic conflicts.

It is said that Lee Kuan Yew visited Colombo in the 1960s, and he lamented that Singapore should build such a city.

△ Colombo Street/Pisababi

However, the civil war in Sri Lanka broke out in the 1980s and did not ease until 2009. Until last year's bombing, it was also a recurrence of historical problems.

It can be said that most Sri Lankans live with this part of their memories.

The civil war made Sri Lankan people pay a heavy price, but after 10 years, according to the statistics of 20 18, they still created the second per capita GDP in South Asia (more than 4100 dollars), which was three times that of Cambodia, two times that of India, 1.5 times that of the Philippines and Vietnam.

△ Sri Lanka's gem processor/worm idea

Many tourists who have been to Sri Lanka and neighboring India find that the former is much cleaner and more decent than the latter.

60% of Sri Lanka's GDP comes from the service industry, including tourism, so people here know the importance of protecting the environment and animals and plants.

△ Sri Lanka's cozy monkey /Pixababy

The ancient country founded on this land in the 3rd century BC put forward the concept of animal sanctuary. Thousands of years later, monkeys are also part of the daily life of Sri Lankans.

The most famous tea garden here will be like the Hollywood signboard in Los Angeles, and establish the brand name of white eyes among the tea trees.

The introduction of tea, which was originally just a substitute for the failure of coffee cultivation, has been cultivated into one of the three largest black teas in the world in the hands of British growers and local professionals.

△ Sri Lanka Tea Farm /Pixababy

In terms of world popularity, Sri Lankan tea brands are better than China, which is also a big tea country. Some domestic brand-linked tea bars not only provide tea and take-away, but also provide western-style simple meals, which is no worse than love tea.

Jeffrey Bawa, an architect known as the "Light of Sri Lanka", was born in the second generation. He used to be a lawyer, but he switched to construction at the age of 30.

Bawa is good at combining the unique local tropical environment with modernist architectural aesthetics, and integrating the traditional modern lifestyle and inviting scenery into the building.

△ Kandara Ma Heritage Hotel creatively designed by Bawa/Tucong

In addition to leaving a hotel with unique design and good reputation in Sri Lanka, Bawa has also influenced the style of local houses and attracted architectural enthusiasts from all over the world to punch in.

It is said that the house+swimming pool is "standard in Ba Wa". If you choose to stay in a family hotel, you can see the owners diligently cleaning the swimming pool every morning and maintaining the beautiful space they borrowed from nature.

△ Brigitte Lin has also stayed in hotels designed by Bawa/Weibo.

Worldwide, Sri Lanka is not a rich country, but local residents enjoy free medical care and education.

Children begin to receive 13 primary and secondary education at the age of 6, and students admitted to public universities can also attend for free. As a result, Sri Lanka has achieved a non-illiteracy rate of 92%. With the popularization of education and culture, one day, the war will be extinguished and the exquisite life between man and nature will continue.

△ Local girl who is studying /Pixababy

reference data

Justice is just a beautiful lie in the world, Liang Wendao, 20 19.

[2] Jeffrey Bawa, Focus, 20 19

[3] The popular Sri Lankan train: Is the truth the difference between a "buyer show" and a "seller show"? , Sri Lankan chick, 20 18

[4] Rich second generation, unmarried for life, gay, resigned, traveled all over Europe and America ... This mixed-race Ceylon, known as "the light of Sri Lanka", Sri Lankan girl, 20 17.

[5] hippie story: The beaches in Sri Lanka were once covered with naked and beautiful bodies, just like dried fish? , Sri Lankan chick, 20 16

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