We are pleased to say that our ‘Sri Lanka’s North and East’ tour has been selected by Wanderlust Magazine as one of their 50 best new trips for 2012.
Sam Clark
Sam Clark
Sam Clark is one of the founding members of Experience Travel Group. His passion for Asia was first ignited by the travel writing of Norman Lewis, combined with the sad fact that the furthest he went as a child was to Scotland. Ever since spending his 19th birthday in Northern India, he has been making up for lost time, travelling all over the world including a stint living in Sri Lanka. Posts by Sam
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The great beast lurking around any travel business these days (Google itself of course excluded) is the mighty Trip Advisor. No one in the travel business can ignore Trip Advisor …
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UPDATE: If you would like to know about England’s cricket tour to Sri Lanka 2020, please see this blog. Galle International Stadium The International 1st Test Sri Lanka v England 2012 …
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Latest Travel News and Views from AsiaSri Lanka
Experience Travel Organise Guardian Trip to Sri Lanka
by Sam ClarkThe travel section of the Guardian last Saturday published an excellent article by travel journalist Ben Tarring about his family visit to Sri Lanka. I thought it was an excellent …
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Latest Travel News and Views from AsiaSri Lanka
Special Deals during the quiet season in Sri Lanka
by Sam ClarkSri Lanka is traditionally very quiet in May, June and July. The reason is that this is the time the south-west monsoon traditionally hits the south-west coast. However, we think …
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Cycling through Cambodia and Vietnam for MAG International
by Sam ClarkExperience Travel is really pleased to sponsor Anthony Douglas as he will be cycling through Cambodia and Vietnam to raise money for MAG International (Mines Advisory Group); who deliver landmine …
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At Experience Travel there are certain things we like. One of those things is good, clear and sensible special offers. We like what will help us make a sale – …
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Listening to the Today Programme on the BBC this morning I heard an interesting snippet on Sri Lanka – namely that the Horton Plains Slender Loris, presumed extinct, has been …
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The legend that is Muttiah ‘Murali’ Muralitharan plays his last test this weekend – at Galle against India.’ We at Experience Travel salute one of the greatest players that has …
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They say trouble comes in threes and if that is true then we are at Experience Travel can look forward to a restful summer. We’ve had the volcanic ash, the …
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Latest Travel News and Views from AsiaSri Lanka
Presidential Elections in Sri Lanka 26th Jan, 2010
by Sam ClarkIt’s just been confirmed that there will be a Presidential Election in Sri Lanka on 26th January. It’s basically a face-off between the two great war heroes of popular Sri …
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This week we are delighted to have Sidantha Kumara as our guest blogger. Sid is one of our finest guides – a fantastic guy who has taught us so much …
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Exciting news that on January 15th 2010 you will be able to experience a solar eclipse from Galle in southern Sri Lanka. Apparently it will be an annular eclipse, so …
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I’m in on way to New Zealand via Singapore and I have a 24 hour stopover. Keen to remind myself od the flavours I remember, I asked a friend who …
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For years intrepid backpackers (our co-founder Tom Armstrong among them) have raved about the quality of Beer Lao, the locally brewed beer served throughout Loas but rarely found elsewhere.
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The Sri Lankan Government today announced that the 25 year civil year that has blighted the country was over
Some of you might have heard that the Sri Lanka Govt (in their infinite wisdom) decided to abolish visa on arrival for tourists. This cunning ruse has been abandoned after …
We’ve had 2 directors and a staff member in Sri Lanka for the bulk of this month – looking at product, talking to suppliers and generally making a’ nuisence of …
Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey: A Review
Rick Stein did us a massive favour by doing a programme that focused, almost exclusively, on the area that we specialise in. Apart from Laos, all our bases were covered …