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Sri Lanka Itinerary: Our 4-Week Family Trip (Colombo, Road Trips and Where We Stayed)
This is our full Sri Lanka itinerary from a 24-night family trip: two adults and our 10-year-old, who has food allergies. We have family in Sri Lanka, so we used Colombo as our home base and went out on two road trips with a private driver, one through the south coast...
Colombo Travel Guide: Where We Stayed, How We Got Around and Where We Ate
Colombo was our home base for most of our time in Sri Lanka. We split about two weeks across three different apartments in the city, heading out on road trips in between and coming back to Colombo each time. This Colombo travel guide covers what we learned: where to...
Food & Drink
Restaurant reviews and local food finds: what we ordered, what it cost, and whether we would go back.
Sri Lanka with Food Allergies: How We Ate Safely for Four Weeks
We spent almost four weeks in Sri Lanka with our 10-year-old son, who is allergic to fish, peanuts and tree nuts. He can have sesame, but we avoided it on this trip to be safe. Before we left, Sri Lanka food allergies were our biggest worry. Sri Lankan cooking uses...
Rice N’ Spice Anaheim Review: Orange County’s Only Sri Lankan Restaurant
Sri Lankan food is one of the most underrepresented cuisines in the United States, which makes Rice N' Spice in Anaheim a genuinely rare find. It has been the only Sri Lankan restaurant open in all of Orange County since it opened in 2016, and it is one we keep coming...
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Hikes, scenic drives, attractions and tours, with honest notes on what works for kids.
Sri Lanka Cultural Triangle Road Trip: Pinnawala, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa and Dambulla
Sri Lanka's Cultural Triangle is the area between Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kandy, and it holds most of the country's ancient cities, rock temples and royal ruins. On our trip we covered the Sri Lanka Cultural Triangle on a road trip from Colombo with a private...
Sri Lanka South Coast and Hill Country Road Trip: 5 Days From Colombo
This Sri Lanka south coast and hill country road trip took us from Colombo down to Galle and Weligama, up into the hills around Ella and Nuwara Eliya, and back to Colombo in five days. We did it with a private driver, stayed in three very different places and fit in...
Stays
Hotel, resort and vacation club reviews: rooms, pools, breakfast, and how well each one works for families.
Anantaya Resort and Spa Pasikudah Review: Three Nights on Sri Lanka’s East Coast
We spent three nights at Anantaya Resort and Spa in Pasikudah, in the middle of our road trip around Sri Lanka. This Anantaya Pasikudah review covers the room, the pool, the beach, the snorkeling trip and the full board food, including how the kitchen handled our...
Hyatt Vacation Club at Wild Oak Ranch Review: A Family Stay in San Antonio
If you are a Hyatt Vacation Club member looking for a San Antonio base, Wild Oak Ranch is one of the most talked-about properties in the HVC portfolio. We used our HVC points for a two-night stay in April 2026 and came away with a clear picture of what this resort...
Travel Reviews
Airlines, lounges and layover tours, from booking with points to what the trip was really like.
Touristanbul Tour Review and Turkish Airlines Business Class to Sri Lanka
We had a 13-hour layover in Istanbul on our way to Sri Lanka, and we spent it on the free Touristanbul tour from Turkish Airlines. This post covers both halves of that journey: what the Touristanbul tour is really like, and how Turkish Airlines business class held up...
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