5/5 Michael T. 6 years ago on Google
I
had
visited
Sri
Lanka
as
a
young
man
in
1975
and
was
keen
to
go
back
there,
this
time
with
my
wife,
to
revisit
some
of
the
great
sites
I
vaguely
remembered
from
42
years
ago
and
see
how
much
things
had
changed.
In
planning
a
seven
day/six
night
tour
of
Sri
Lanka
in
early
February
2018
I
looked
online
at
various
companies
who
could
provide
a
driver
and
Sri
Lanka
Wide
Tours
seemed
extremely
competent.
Dirshana
always
got
back
to
me
almost
immediately
to
any
questions
I
raised
online
and
I
liked
the
way
the
company
appeared
to
be
flexible,
open
to
different
suggestions
and
did
not
insist
on
providing
a
set
programme
with
hotels
they
had
pre-booked.
Instead
that
was
left
to
me.
We
had
also
requested
a
car
with
a
large
boot
as
we
had
extra
luggage
and
this
was
also
no
problem.
On
arrival
we
were
met
at
Colombo
Airport
by
Shiran
who
turned
out
to
be
not
only
an
expert
driver,
but
an
excellent
guide,
companion
and
source
of
information
about
the
country.
He
also
speaks
English
very
well.
He
had
a
very
good
knack
of
being
very
professional,
always
on
time,
with
a
clean
car
and
bottles
of
water
each
morning,
flexible
to
allow
us
to
change
aspects
of
the
itinerary,
so
we
would
discuss
each
day
any
specific
choices
we
had
on
what
to
see,
where
to
eat
etc.
though
we
were
more
than
happy
most
of
the
time
to
go
along
with
his
suggestions.
Sometimes
we
chatted
a
lot.
Other
times
we
just
looked
at
the
scenery,
but
it
was
always
very
relaxed.
We
talked
a
lot
about
his
family
and
we
really
appreciated
the
fact
that
Shiran
took
us
to
meet
some
of
them
on
his
home
turf
when
we
reached
Nuwara
Eliya.
Shiran
is
a
very
confident
driver,
weaving
around
the
ubiquitous
tuk-tuks,
lorries,
bicycles,
buses,
and
stray
dogs
on
the
roads,
but
not
in
a
reckless
manner,
so
we
had
a
very
comfortable
journey
in
the
car.
During
the
course
of
our
week
we
decided
on
a
major
change
of
itinerary
to
allow
two
days
down
by
the
coast.
This
entailed
cancelling
a
pre-booked
jeep
safari
at
a
National
Park,
but
we
were
able
to
arrange
this
including
reimbursement
via
Shiran
with
Darshana.
So,
all
in
all,
using
Sri
Lanka
Wide
Tours
was
an
excellent
way
to
see
the
country.
I
can
recommend
them
highly.
Mike
Townsend
Gloucestershire,
UK
March
2018
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