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read moreSri Lanka used to provide best taxi service for local people and tourists in most part of the important cities. Colombo is at its best for taxi service where you can get good taxis by giving a call to the taxi service provider whether it is a 4 seat or 10 seats with air condition. Tourists visiting to Sri Lanka can get taxi service provided by their star hotels or by the staff at the front desk of the hotel will provide a call taxi within minutes as the taxies used to wait out side of the hotel.

read moreKorean Air is now flying to Male via Colombo, while Srilankan airlines will fly to Seoul from Colombo via Hong Kong. This flight service will provide a pleasant journey to the South Korean tourist and to the Sri Lanka labor force which are working in S. Korea numbering around 25,000. Korean Air will be operating thrice a week non-stop flights between Colombo and Seoul on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Flight KE 474 will depart from Male at 15:30 and expected to arrive in Colombo by 17:30; then it will take off from Colombo at around 18:50 and it is expected to arrive in Seoul/Incheon at 06:10 on the next day.

read moreIn Sri Lanka you can find taxi and 3 wheel service for transport when you are travelling short distances in side towns. These three wheelers are popularly called as "auto" in Sri Lanka. They are cheap and quick to reach destinations during the peak hours where lot of traffic is on the road. Most of the drivers don't hesitate to change lanes within fraction of seconds. Currently most of these three wheelers are fitted with tariff meters for the benefit of the passengers. Only thing you have to check is whether the driver is resetting the meter for the new passenger.

read moreGreat Pyramid of Giza is the only remaining wonders from the original old seven wonders. It is a man made tomb for the ancient kings. The Great Pyramid of Giza is located near Cairo in Egypt. To visit the tomb you must get the Egyptian visa before your arrival from the Egyptian authorities. There are many luxury hotels to simple accommodations are easily available near to the Great Pyramid of Giza. Make your hotel room booking early as possible. To get a good view of the Pyramid you must book the hotel near to it.

read moreCheck in is a part of the air line travel process. This will allow only those who had purchased a valid and confirmed air ticket from an air line company for a particular air trip in one of their flight which had been given with a particular flight number. At the airport departure terminal or transit terminal the air line will have all the information about the passenger in their computer and it will be handled by the ground officers. They will check the passenger's information and will accept their luggage and will provide the boarding card 3 hours before the flight take off.

read moreWhen you are flying in an airline, there are some guidance from your airline regarding what you can carry with you and what you are not allowed to carry with you when you are boarding the flight. For example you allowed carrying an umbrella, your personal medicine and so many necessary items. But you can't carry scissors, knife, chili powder and many other items which may used to harm other passengers or the air line staff in side the air line. Also take note that you can't use any electronic equipment (Mobile phones, gaming devices, radios etc) once you are in side the airline, as it may disturb the airlines electronic control operations.

read moreHot air ballooning in Sri Lanka gets more and more passengers every day. Sigiriya, Galle and Uda Walawe area are the places where commercial hot air ballooning used to take place. Most of the flights used to take off early morning and the flight lasts for 1 - 2 hours if the climate allows you to fly safely. Most of the hot air balloons in Sri Lanka have the facility to take 8 passengers at a take off for safe flights around the area. From the balloon you can view beautiful paddy fields, jungles, wild animals and many other interesting objects.

read moreSri Lanka is an island surrounded by sea, and its hill Country Mountains are flowing with river water. As Sri Lanka provides all kind of Beach sports, its rivers too provide sports activity round the year, depending on the dry season April which will have less water level, while rainy season will have more water flow thus increasing the river speed. For the White water Rafting, Sri lanka' s Kitulgala is the best place where Kelani Ganga flows with rapid speed around curbs, comes in the first choice by the rafters.