Travel and Expat Articles about Sri Lanka - Expatify https://www.expatify.com Travel & Expat Lifestyle Magazine Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:07:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 https://www.expatify.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-expatify-site-logo-32x32.png Travel and Expat Articles about Sri Lanka - Expatify https://www.expatify.com 32 32 Monday Escape: Kandy, Sri Lanka https://www.expatify.com/sri-lanka/monday-escape-kandy-sri-lanka.html https://www.expatify.com/sri-lanka/monday-escape-kandy-sri-lanka.html#respond Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:11:34 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=8653 Sri Lanka is known almost equally for its lovely beaches and for its enchanting hill country, with most of the population and tourism being in the south of the country. Kandy is the largest city in the hill country so just about everyone who visits the country stops there for at least awhile. Fortunately then, […]

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]]> https://www.expatify.com/sri-lanka/monday-escape-kandy-sri-lanka.html/feed 0 Sri Lanka is booming in tourism, but is it ready for expats? https://www.expatify.com/advice/sri-lanka-is-booming-in-tourism-but-is-it-ready-for-expats.html https://www.expatify.com/advice/sri-lanka-is-booming-in-tourism-but-is-it-ready-for-expats.html#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:21:55 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=8633 Since the civil war ended only a few years ago, Sri Lanka is now clearly in a tourism boom. The small island south of India has made it on countless hottest destinations lists in the past year or so, and I’m now two weeks into a 3-week tour of the country myself. The one thing […]

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]]> https://www.expatify.com/advice/sri-lanka-is-booming-in-tourism-but-is-it-ready-for-expats.html/feed 2 The Beaches of Sri Lanka https://www.expatify.com/sri-lanka/the-beaches-of-sri-lanka.html https://www.expatify.com/sri-lanka/the-beaches-of-sri-lanka.html#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 04:19:26 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=5382 Sri Lanka has beautiful beaches on all sides. People who decide to visit or move there should know that many of them have been damaged by the tsunami in 2004 and are still on their way to recovery. Tangalle Tangalle is located in the south of Sri Lanka’s west coast, and is a fishery harbor […]

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]]> https://www.expatify.com/sri-lanka/the-beaches-of-sri-lanka.html/feed 1 Learning the Languages of India https://www.expatify.com/india/learning-the-languages-of-india.html https://www.expatify.com/india/learning-the-languages-of-india.html#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:18:52 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=4455 India is a very diverse country, geographically, culturally, religiously and linguistically. Some of the languages in India are popular on a national level, while others are regional. Most of the languages have ancient routes, such as Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman. There are a handful of isolated languages, but they are not very mainstream. Each […]

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]]> https://www.expatify.com/asia/buddhism-around-asia.html/feed 0 Monday Escape: Negombo, Sri Lanka https://www.expatify.com/sri-lanka/monday-escape-negombo-sri-lanka.html https://www.expatify.com/sri-lanka/monday-escape-negombo-sri-lanka.html#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:52:55 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=801 With Dutch canals, golden beaches, international schools and a location close to the airport, you can’t go wrong living in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Although it’s only around 40km from Sri Lanka’s biggest city, Colombo, this beach town of only around 65,000 is comfortable and quiet enough without ever getting boring. Though the economy of the […]

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