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 Sri
Lanka -- verdure green
Across
an island of 65,610 square kms, surrounded by the India Ocean
lies the Isle of Serendipity....Sri Lanka.
Coastal beaches merging into jungle and the hill country with
peaks reaching a height of 2,400 meters. You will find terraced
tea plantations, water falls and lakes, unspoiled palm  lined
beaches with coral reefs, rice paddies, wildlife parks filled
with animals and much more...
Being a tropical country, the low lying coastal regions have a
year round temperature of 27 C, Kandy averages 20-25 C and Nuwara
Eliya 10-20 C.
Bright,
sunny warm days are the rule and are common even during the height
of the monsoon - climatically Sri Lanka has no off season. The
south west monsoon brings rain mainly from May to July to the
western, southern and central regions of the island, while the
north-east monsoon rains occur in the northern and eastern regions
in December and January. Sri Lanka is mainly an  agricultural
country. The chief crop is rice with which the country is almost
self sufficient. Tea, rubber and coconut are also important agricultural
crops, with tea being a major foreign exchange earner. In addition,
other crops of  importance
are cocoa and spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, pepper
and cloves.
Festivals occur throughout the year. The most famous is the Kandy
Perachera, the Festival of the August Full Moon at the Temple
of the Sacred Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha, in the hill capital
of Kandy. |
