A trip to Sri Lanka was one of the worst travel adventures I've ever had.
When I say "me", I realize that different circumstances such as weather, company, state of mind, travel route and any force majeure can make a trip to the same country both a wonderful memorable adventure and an absolutely shitty story.
The responsibility for choosing the destination lies entirely with our, unfortunately, already former in light of the "political changes of 2022" — distributor of ISUZU trucks, whose best dealer we have traditionally been for many years in a row. For the most effective partners, who sell the most goods in the country, the ISUZU company organized free trips, including two — to the Maldives, several to France, Italy and, in fact, Sri Lanka. Returning to this glorious destination, I suggest that haters from the category "you need to know how to relax" fasten your seatbelts, let's go.
Sri Lanka is a third world country with a corresponding level of unsanitary conditions, so bottled water, or better yet strong alcohol (maybe even vodka) can significantly facilitate the toilet-gastronomic adventure. And it seems that friends and comrades who do not neglect this rule have experienced all the intrigues of local microbes. Running cockroaches are such a normal phenomenon that in a restaurant they can help a black comrade get out of your plate and look with bewilderment at a guest furious with discontent.
The second thing worth paying attention to is the sea and beaches. In order not to tempt fortune, I think it is right to make sure that the beach holiday, the expectation of which is glimmering in your mind, is possible. By evil intent or by accident, we specifically did not have a sea that was possible for swimming.
Next, Sri Lanka is rich in excursions. An example of this is the famous trip to the elephant farm and tea plantation. Having driven along a multi-hour serpentine road to the elephants, you will find that a hundred running individuals generate so much poop running past tourists that, excuse me, it is almost impossible to pass without getting into it, such a show is definitely intended for the strong-willed.
At the tea farm, you can admire how tour guides put their dirty hands into Ceylon tea intended for packaging and export (this is why, by the way, all over the world they recommend washing tea before brewing).
And only one element of the trip deserves to remain in her memory and even be grateful. There is one location where a local natural pharmacist, a shaman, but not a charlatan, an alchemist, you can call this guy whatever you like, grows hundreds or thousands of plants to create medicinal elixirs and essences. This man has scientific degrees and awards, travels the world to promote the natural path to maintaining health and youth, treating diseases with absolutely natural non-chemical ingredients that initially exist on our planet thanks to the Creator.
This confirms (is not a recommendation) that the pharmaceutical industry and classical surgery (I will note once again that to get advice and make any decision related to health, you need to consult a doctor) are not the only way to solve health problems, since many resources for self-healing are initially in the body, and other auxiliary elements are in Mother Nature.
In short, maybe you can go to this country and have fun, but for now, I am not very drawn to return there. Thank you.