https://calderescapes.com The Calder's Global Travels Tue, 05 Mar 2024 06:49:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://calderescapes.com/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-ce-site-icon-32x32.png https://calderescapes.com 32 32 https://calderescapes.com/posts/sri-lanka-trains-planes-and-automobiles/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 09:04:38 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=64902 February 7th, 2024 Enroute inland as we drove to Ella, we stopped for ice for our cooler bag and then tried several times to find Diet Coke or Pepsi with no luck.  Oh well, maybe in the touristy town of Ella, it will be easier to find. The drive was quite windy and we were […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/sri-lanka-resplendent-island-part-1/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 06:58:49 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=64878 February 1, 2024 Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from India by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.  Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the south-west and […]]]>