Everything to know before you go - Sri Lanka lures travellers with an impressive array: wildlife, history, exceptional food, surfing hotspots and beaches ...

40 years old Gayan Sampath welcomes me to his small kingdom in the picturesque tiny bay of Batheegama village in a remote point in southern Sri Lanka. Enthusiastically he points at a colorful sign ...

But in truth, they only began showing up in any real numbers on the south coast about a decade ago. Between December and April, when the first of Sri Lanka's two monsoon seasons has spent itself ...