Exotic Sri Lanka, Part 1!
After sightseeing in Istanbul and interviewing Ieva and Ints, we wait for Laine and Raivis to join us, and together we head to Sri Lanka, seeing the most popular and beautiful places in Dubai along the way.
In the first episode, we meet wonderful people who will be with us for this entire journey.
Upon arriving in Sri Lanka, we are met by people from the Tourism Board, receive flower garlands, and head to our first hotel. The very next morning, we go to see elephants washing in the river and learn how paper is made from elephant dung.
We will go on an elephant safari and also visit an ancient temple, over 2000 years old.
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Sri Lanka, Series 2: Sigiriya, Agro-Tourism, and the Tooth of Buddha!
In the 2nd episode of Sri Lanka, you'll get to see the impressive Sigiriya mountain at sunrise, agro-tourism, which means a bullock cart ride, a small tractor ride, and a boat trip on the local lake with a great view of Sigiriya mountain, followed by lunch at a village house where we'll see how the food is prepared.
In the evening, Sri Lankan dances, and the next day, an exotic plant garden, a gemstone shop, and the Buddha's tooth, which all Buddhists worldwide wish to see.
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Ella train, Sri Lankan tea, and an interview with our guide!
In the 3rd episode about Sri Lanka, we will learn all about their tea, see the vast tea fields, and their specialists will reveal all the secrets of tea.
We will spend the night in an old tea factory located in the mountains, among the tea plantations, and interview our cool guide.
We will take one of the most popular trains in the world, which crosses the famous Nine Arch Bridge in the Ella region, and along the way, the greenery and beauty of Sri Lanka will truly amaze us.
And the next night, we will stay in an interesting hotel, next to rice fields, where the bathroom is open-air.
Visiting a primary school in Sri Lanka, emotions and tears of joy!
Our team has visited a primary school in Sri Lanka that suffered from the 2004 tsunami and has been rebuilt with funds donated by people from Latvia.
It was an emotionally rich day for us, the children, the teachers, and the children's parents. We brought letters written by students from Dobele Gymnasium to this school, and in return, we received drawings from the youngest students.
After school, we headed to the ocean, where we had lunch at a beautiful cafe. On the way to the hotel, we tried Sri Lankan fishing from a specially tied wooden perch.
In the evening, dancing on the beach sands and a night at a hotel where the main decor is an elephant.
The next day, a tour of the nearby town, a visit to a turtle farm, and an evening at a wonderful and romantic guesthouse.
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Colombo, Lotus Tower and Ayurveda!
In the 5th episode of Sri Lanka, our friend Jagath takes us to his workplace, the Sri Lanka Tourism Department, and introduces us to the key tourism figures in the country. We discuss this project and invite them to visit Latvia, to see Riga and the Balttour exhibition, which will take place in February 2026.
At lunchtime, we manage to go up the Lotus Tower and look at the capital of Sri Lanka from above, and in the evening, our guide Edijs shows us around the city and tells us various interesting things.
In the evening, we have dinner at a round table in our apartments, and the next morning, the host's son shows us the new hotel, which will soon open its doors to its first guests.
For the next three days, we will stay in an Ayurvedic hotel and enjoy various healthy treatments.
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Flower bath, Ayurveda, school, jungle and crocodiles.
In the final episode of our Sri Lanka series, we continue to explore the Ayurvedic hotel and its healthy treatments. We visit another school and give water bottles to the students, receiving letters in return to take to the students of Dobele Gymnasium.
We explore the nearby town and visit a temple, and on the last day, Jagath arranges a boat trip for us through the jungle, where we see crocodiles, both large and small, which we can even hold. We feed monkeys that descend from trees for a treat and see beautiful birds at every turn.
In the evening, the hotel's chef demonstrates how to prepare fish Sri Lankan style.
Sri Lanka is a country we will definitely return to someday, and it is one of the paradises on earth that will leave no one indifferent.
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