The best period for holidaymakers to get to this island country is winter in the northern hemisphere. In March, right before the beginning of the monsoon season, Sri Lanka enjoys long warm days ...

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- At dawn, the sun slowly appears like a golden globe through the mist-shrouded landscape in Jaffna, Sri Lanka's northernmost peninsula, just across the Palk Strait from India.

Sri Lanka’s landscapes are vast and varied, ... The region’s balmy surf season, from December to May, aligns perfectly with the Northern Hemisphere’s winter, ...

Asoka, a lotus farmer in northern Sri Lanka, ... The sight of its immense stone hemisphere rising out of the surrounding forest put one in mind of 19th-century scenes of archaeological discovery.