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Sri Lanka is the smallest of the south east
asian states. Located 29 km south east of India across the Palk
Strait in the Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka is made up of a teardrop-shaped
main island and groups of smaller islands. It has called one of
the most beautiful islands in the world with it´s lush jungles,
dramatic interior and fabuloes beaches.
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The 1200 km of coastline are primarily pristine,
coral fringed beaches, basking in the sun beneath towering and jutting
coconut palms, careseed by the lapping azure waters of the Indian
Ocean and the Bay of Bengal.
Thirty one percent of the island is mountainous
jungle with nestling, ancient cities such as Polonnaruwa and Anuradhapura.
The Siam View Hotel is situated in Arugam Bay,
Pottuvil in the Ampara District. 314 km away from Colombo, with
a population of 27000 it is mainly warm and sunny with no climatically
off-season. Temperatures range between 22°C to 33°C all
year.
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| There are frequent bus services from Colombo
Fort direct to Pottuvil. The town is 5 km north of the bay.
There are no train services. The best way, however, is by hired
car or motorbike. Off course we will pick you up from the airport
or any other location on the island. Please call the co-ordinating
centre 063 481 95 and we will give you the mobile number of the
driver of our vehicle nearest to your location.
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| " To me the beauty of Ceylon lies not
so much in its blue seas and golden beaches, its jungles and its
mountain peaks, as in its ancient atmosphere. There is no nation,
from Egypt of the Pharaos to modern Britain, in whose literature
this island has not at same time mentioned by one or other of its
many names. Lanka, Serendip, Taprobane, Cellao, Zellan
to recall a few.
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| History lies buried in its sands, and ghosts
of romance lurk along its bastioned rocks, for Lanka is very, very
old. "
- D.J.G. Hennesy, green Aisles, 1949 -
Map of Sri Lanka
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