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A Quick Week in Sri Lanka - May 2013

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My first experience of Sri Lankan Airlines - disappointing! But my fault for not checking out the airline before I booked with Kuoni. I’ve just become so accustomed to the quality of Asian airlines, Catchy Pacific, Asiana Airlines and my new favourite, Malaysian Airlines. Sri Lankan planes are in desperate need of a deep clean, modernisation and their entertainment systems needs ripping out and replacing altogether. That said, the flight attendants were friendly and helpful and the food was decent and as I always say, the most important aspect of any airline is that it transports you safely to your destination. A 2 hour 20 min comfortable transfer and we were at our hotel. Well, not quite – it was on an island, we could see it but had to take a 3 min boat transfer to reception. (see Trip advisor Godsgloriousworld for hotel review; Club Bentota) The first text I saw when I switched my phone on was one giving me the location and telephone number of th...