Lonely Planet Travel — Guide Sri Lanka 15th Ed -2...

The 15th Edition and the 13th Year: What a Travel Guide Doesn’t Tell You About Sri Lanka

The book will direct you to the best kottu roti in Colombo’s Pettah Market (and it’s right—go to the place with the grease-stained menus and the two-handed chopping rhythm). It will tell you that the train from Kandy to Ella is “spectacular” (an understatement so vast it’s almost a lie). It will warn you about the monsoon seasons and the leeches in Sinharaja. Lonely Planet Travel Guide Sri Lanka 15th Ed -2...

A Lonely Planet guide is a physical object that says: People have been here before you. They figured out the bus routes. They found the clean drinking water. You can do this too. The 15th Edition and the 13th Year: What

The one written by the island itself. Have you been to Sri Lanka? What’s the one thing your guidebook got completely wrong—or heartbreakingly right? Tell me in the comments. A Lonely Planet guide is a physical object

Lonely Planet Travel Guide Sri Lanka 15th Ed -2...

The first draft of your trip is the itinerary. The second draft is what actually happens. The third draft is the story you tell later.