PILOT ASIA: SRI LANKA ISBN PG0075 Price Euro $21.50 Euro Availability Usually ships in 2-3 business days Publisher Pilot Productions Binding video Duration 50 minutes, approx Language english Age secondary, adult Level intermediate, upper-intermediate, advanced, proficiency Two of the most extraordinary tropical locations lie off the southern tip of India: Sri Lanka, the pearl of the Indian Ocean, and the thousands of spectacular islands that make up the Maldives. Traveller Megan McCormick begins her journey in Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka. She travels to the east coast to surfing paradise Arugam Bay, visits Ratnapura and Sigiriya, before driving to Kandy. Flying to the Maldives, she ends her trip with a diving safari around the maze of idyllic uninhabited islands. Along the way ... Encounter the 'toddy tappers' at work in the tops of coconut trees Visit a tea plantation Climb the impressive fortress built by King Kasyapa, in Sigiriya, fifteen hundred years ago Visit Ratnapura, the city of gems, where mines give up pink and blue sapphires Attend the Kandy festival of Esala Perahera, the biggest in the country, where hundreds of elephants are paraded around the city for ten nights