Sri Lanka

See fishermen perching on stilts and feel the tingle of chilli on your tongue, or stroll beneath swaying palms and smell the sweet jasmine. Lie back on the palm-fringed southern beaches and taste delicious fish curry with coconut sambol, or journey to the untouched east to surf the breaks and pad barefoot across empty sands. Safari down the rivers to spot monkeys and monitor lizards, enter the national parks capture Sri Lankan elephants on camera, and trek into the lush interior where the ancient Sigiriya palace sits atop a mighty rock.