Greetings, Gentlebeings! I am going to Sri Lanka for 3 weeks in December. Two weeks of those will be spent with a group of people I know from dirtbiking in Nepal and Vietnam, and we'll do a loop ...

I rode the $1 coastal train in Sri Lanka from Bentota to Colombo. There was a 2-hour delay, and I didn't have a seat on board, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

After visiting 60 countries, I've fallen in love with Sri Lanka. The South Asian gem has great wildlife and beaches, and is less crowded than Bali.