🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Colombo
Colombo is Sri Lanka's commercial capital — a chaotic, layered city of Dutch forts, colonial British buildings, Buddhist temples, Hindu kovils, mosques and the intensely flavored Sri Lankan cuisine that is one of the great undiscovered food traditions of Asia. The city has reinvented itself dramatically since the end of the civil war in 2009 — a new waterfront promenade, the Lotus Tower (South Asia's tallest tower), luxury hotels and a booming restaurant scene. Day 3 easily takes you to the ancient Buddhist capital of Kandy, just 2.5 hours inland.