Published on May, 2025
This amazing trip by car happened just as a matter of chance. I was traveling solo and had gone to the railway station to find out about trains and someones directed me to the office of USP that's right there. There Mr. Prasanna had a long discussion with me and helped me to understand the lay of the land. He gently suggested a car + driver and worked out the total amount. We added some towns, we subtaracted some - to fit my budget and what I wanted to see. And we finalised. Everything was so smoothly done that I had no doubt at all and was happy to have settled the matter of transport. On trains I'd have to worry about carrying bags across platforms and finding tuk tuks etc. So this luxury of personal car was a sensible choice.
Next morning, Mr, D the driver picked me up and we headed to the first city Amalangoda and then from there to 4 other places. He was the perfect driver on this trip - attentive without being intrusive, understood exactly what I was looking for, assisted as needed and looked out for me constantly beyond the call of his duty as a driver.
If I could, I would do all of my travels through this firm with Mr. P helping to arrange it and Mr. D driving me all over - bless them both!
Maybe it is the Sri Lankan cultural attitudes or maybe they were just amazing people. Either way they made Sri lanka an amazing experience for me.
Fantastic trip in every way.
