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Forum: The Sand Pit
Jul 23rd 2017, 5:55 am
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

Agreed.

I tend to travel hard - seeing a lot in a short time frame. Whenever I see a guide or blog say you need to spend the entire day in this museum or that sight I always laugh because I'm...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jul 20th 2017, 1:31 pm
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

This is it. End of.

Although AirBnB as Baht suggested is increasingly a viable option over hotels.

OTE=Scamp;12298573]We generally:

Pick location
Start to research it.
Adjust, to include...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jul 20th 2017, 1:15 pm
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

I don't do packages though I can see why people do.

I decide on the destination and a general itinerary. Book the flights and the hotels. Then I do what I want to do each day. In a city I just...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jul 20th 2017, 6:17 am
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

Sort of. Our tribes really don't get along, however.

That aside the difference is I don't put forward controversial posts and then whinge about civil discord when someone disagrees with me.
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jul 20th 2017, 6:13 am
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

Not a big fan of Bali either.

It's all right. The island can be pretty but the beaches aren't the best. Too many Australian tattooed trash.

The biggest virtue is the ease of travel and the...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jul 20th 2017, 6:11 am
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

The people with children disagree with me (strongly, it seems).

The people without children agree with me.

Which I find interesting ;)

To quote the immortal SJW who first came up with the...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jul 19th 2017, 9:04 am
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

People who have children will never understand those who do not, regardless of the excuses you give (however justifiable they are).

People with children think that it gives them a moral...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jul 17th 2017, 9:09 am
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

There's a fine line between friendly disagreement and civil rationality and sneering patronisation and contempt for the opposite side and unfortunately you quite often forget it ;)
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jul 16th 2017, 10:00 am
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

It's a human thing.

You wouldn't understand.
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jul 14th 2017, 8:53 am
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

Come on, Scamp, let her make a honourable man out of you. ;)
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jul 13th 2017, 12:31 pm
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

But before we get baby Scamp there's nine months of wedding planning threads :eek:
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jul 13th 2017, 11:38 am
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

A mixture of heavy rain and thunderstorms.

So it's going to be wet.

Coming from the Gulf that should be brilliant fun. Just sit in a bar with walls open to the element, enjoy the sticky...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 7th 2017, 9:05 am
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

;) Some people can't pass up an opportunity to show off how culturally and morally superior they are. I see I won my private little bet.

You go to Sri Lanka because it's cheap, it's green, it has...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 7th 2017, 4:20 am
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

The dirty secret about Sri Lanka:

You go there because 1) it's cheap from Dubai, 2) hotels/food are cheap, 3) it's a heck lot cooler than Dubai in the summer, 4) you can have cheap beer in a...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 6th 2017, 9:21 am
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

Scamp, there's a few Sri Lankan restaurants in Dubai. Chef Lanka in Karama on the square and Red Box (better, I think) in the no-man's land between Nahda and Ghusais. Give them a try. Sri Lankan is...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 6th 2017, 4:08 am
Replies: 122
Views: 9,050
Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Sri Lanka

People generally go down to Galle (old historic fort town) and the beaches nearby, particularly around Unawatuna.

Never heard much talk about the beaches near Colombo.
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