Sri Lanka

January - February 2012

 

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Date Time From To By Comments
21.01 08:00 Maale Shomron Amman Car, Taxi 2+2 hours, 17 JOD
21.01 15:00 Amman Colombo through Doha Qatar Air 7 hours, $441
22.01 5:00 Colombo Airport Colombo Bus 1.5 hours, 130 Rps
22.01 06:50 Colombo Anuradhapura Train 4.5 hours, 380 Rps
24.01 09:30 Anuradhapura Vavunia Bus 1.5 hours, 61 Rps
24.01 11:30 Vavunia Jaffna Bus 4 hours, 148 Rps
25.01 09:00 Jaffna Kurrikadduwan - Nainativu and back Bus and boat 1*2 hours+15*2 min, 50*2 + 20 Rps
26.01 12:15 Jaffna Vavunia - Mannar Buses 5+2 hours, 148+90 Rps
27.01 09:15 Mannar Erukkalampiddi - Tallaimannar and back Buses 30 min+1 hour+1 hour, 19+40+40 Rps
28.01 09:15 Mannar Dambulla Bus 3.5 hours, 243 Rps
29.01 08:30 Dambulla Sigiria Bus 40 min, 27 Rps
30.01 09:15 Sigiria Polonnaruva Buses 30 min+2 hours, 20+90 Rps
01.02 09:45 Polonnaruva Mahyangana - Kandy Buses 3 hours+3 hours, 95+95 Rps
02.02 09:45 Kandy Peradenia and back Buses 30 min*2, 13*2 Rps
03.02 08:10 Kandy Nuwara Elia Bus 3 hours, 91 Rps
03.02 11:30 Nuwara Elia Nanu Oya Bus 30 min, 20 Rps
03.02 12:30 Nanu Oya Ella Train 3 hours, 60 Rps
04.02 08:10 Ella Buttala - Kataragama Buses 2 hours+2 hours, 72+75 Rps
04.02 13:30 Kataragama Tissamaharama - Kirinda - Tissamaharama Buses 30 min*3, 29+22*2 Rps
05.02 05:00 Tissamaharama Yalla and back Jeep 8 hours, 4800 Rps
05.02 14:30 Tissamaharama Tangalle Bus 2 hours, 100 Rps
06.02 11:00 Tangalle Colombo Bus 5.5 hours, 190 Rps
07.02 08:30 Colombo Sri Jayawardenapura and back Buses 3 hours, 10*4 Rps
08.02 05:00 Colombo Colombo Airport Bus 1.5 hours, 50 Rps
08.02 09:05 Colombo Amman Qatar Airways 8 hours
08.02 15:00 Amman Maale Shomron Taxi, buses 8 hours, 60 NIS + 17 JOD

Total: 17+2 days
Hotels: 25600 Rps = $228 or ~ $13.4/day
Buses and tuk-tuks: 4600 Rps = $41 ~ $2.4/day
Food, internet etc: 17300 Rps = $146 ~ $9.1/day
Places of Interest: 9600 Rps = $86 ~ $5.0/day
Total in Sri Lanka: 57100 Rps = $510 ~ $30/day

Air ticket $441
Insurance $84
Jordanian visas and taxes, and transport to Amman $130
Total ~ $1165

See the detailed report in Russian here