About Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, is a small island in the Indian ocean. Despite being so small the country
has a wide range of geographic features and is rich in natural beauty. Large parts
of Sri Lanka is covered in tropical forests, with hundreds of rivers flowing through
them, often cascading in awesome waterfalls. It's easy to go on and on about the
natural beauty of Sri Lanka, this is not the place for it but the travel page is!
Climate
The southern and western regions have only two seasons, wet and wetter. Despite
being a tropical island some parts of the country can almost be mistaken for deserts.
Other regions experience rainy and dry seasons. The dry zone looks really wonderful
just as the rains start to ease.
People
Most of the The country's 18.5 million population speak Sinhala, Tamil or English.
Sinhala is the most widely spoken language and the Sinhala people make up the largest
ethnic group. Interestingly this language is not spoken anywhere else in the world,
other than by a few traders in Chennai India!.
A good twenty percent of the population lives in the westen province which is the
home of capital Colombo. (Strictly speaking Sri Jayawardanapura is the political
capital of Sri Lanka and Colombo the Commercial center. But Sri Jayawardanapura
is a miniature city within Colombo).