This is how you can tackle Sri Lanka as a mature traveller when you want both adventure and a comfortable ride, writes Sue Halliwell The flower seller stepped into our path as our small bus began its winding mountainside descent near Sri Lanka’s Ramboda Falls. Clutching a fulsome bunch of local blooms and waving furiously to get our attention, what followed was a short but extraordinary interaction that for me became a metaphor for my experience of his country as an older traveller. READ MORE: First-timer’s guide to Sri Lanka: What to see and do Beyond each hairpin bend he would magically reappear, his blossoms intact.
That his winning smile found our women passengers was no surprise, but how he cut five steep, rain-soaked corners without calamity and at such speed in jandal-clad feet, remains a mystery..