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7 people are going on a trip around the island of Sri Lanka for 3 weeks as savages. What would you advise - rent a car and drive around yourself or take a local guide in Russian or English? We are going to Asia for the first time. Please share your experience. Thanks.
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I would advise you to mainly travel around the country on your own, and take guides directly to locations such as Sigiriya, the Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy, Dambulla, Anuradhapura or Polonnaruwa. It will be difficult to understand the meaning and value of historical and cultural places without guides. And taking guides for the entire route is still a bit of a strain when you always somehow have a left-handed person with you.
I don’t advise you to drive a car yourself: firstly, you will have to get local rights, and this is an extra time investment, and secondly, the driving style of the Sri Lankans is terrible, you won’t get pleasure from driving a car. Take a few tuk-tuks and go.
I don’t advise you to drive a car yourself: firstly, you will have to get local rights, and this is an extra time investment, and secondly, the driving style of the Sri Lankans is terrible, you won’t get pleasure from driving a car. Take a few tuk-tuks and go.
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answered 5 years ago
Nastja, labdien ;) ollenka (answer above) is right in that a guide is needed on large objects - there are complex symbols, a curious story ... Another question is that it should be a good guide. They are on Lanochka, but, alas, there are not so many of them (especially Russian-speaking ones) and they are usually busy. Especially in winter (for Europe) time.
At the same time, the quality of the guide's work can only be assessed by the recommendations of those who were with him on the route. Very often, those who have a university degree in the post-Soviet space offer their services, they have a license, but their language skills (English, Russian) are at a low level and the organization of information is boring. After the experience of excursions in Europe with the masters of their craft, one can be disappointed - the minimum of information that can be found in Lonely Planet and Polyglott, but the annoying offer to go to the shops, shops and centers of Ayurveda to the familiar owners ...
But if the guide is sensible, you see the world from the inside (and the island is multifaceted and bright - and nature, and way of life, and history, and layers of cultures and religions).
At the same time, the quality of the guide's work can only be assessed by the recommendations of those who were with him on the route. Very often, those who have a university degree in the post-Soviet space offer their services, they have a license, but their language skills (English, Russian) are at a low level and the organization of information is boring. After the experience of excursions in Europe with the masters of their craft, one can be disappointed - the minimum of information that can be found in Lonely Planet and Polyglott, but the annoying offer to go to the shops, shops and centers of Ayurveda to the familiar owners ...
But if the guide is sensible, you see the world from the inside (and the island is multifaceted and bright - and nature, and way of life, and history, and layers of cultures and religions).
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