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Advantages:	perfect weather, glorious beaches, lots of history, lovely people
Disadvantages:	long aeroplane flight !  !

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i had always wanted to go to the maldives - it was my idea of paradise so when my then boyfriend proposed we decided that our honeymoon would be the perfect oppertunity to have a holiday there. (once in a lifetime thing!)

we then decided that as neither of us are into big fancy white weddings, we would get married abroad, the problem being that we couldn't actually get married in the Maldives. I then saw in may brochures these twin centre holidays where you can spend a week or two in sri lanka, get married there and then fly off to the maldives for the honeymoon... perfect.

this was the only initial reason i choose to go to sri lanka 1. it was near the maldives for our honeymoon and 2. it was nice and cheap so didn't add too much cost to our holiday.

although i was looking forward to our wedding, i must admit, i wasn't really that fussed about visiting sri lanka - i was more excited about the maldives. my direct family decided to come to sri lanka with us as they didn't want to miss our wedding (they stayed the whole duration in sri lanka though), and again, the only reason they were going there was for my wedding - it isn't somewhere they would choose to go normally.

we arrived in sri lanka, and i must admit, after travelling for near 24 hours i found it a bit of a culture shock and wasn't too sure about the place.
we were staying in beruwela at the bayroo hotel - i would advise anyone to stay there - and after having a nap and exploring the place i was totally hooked!
the people are the most friendly people i have ever met (our hotel was fantastic), the country was stunning and there was lots to see and do.
Our wedding day was better than i had ever expected and i didn't want to leave. can you beleive it, I actually cried when i arrived in the maldives because i wanted to go back to sri lanka! (maldives - lovely place but can get boring after a week as there isn't much to do)

I have nothing but praise for sri lanka and its people. My family had the best holiday of their life (my 2 year old niece even loved it!), and we can't wait to go back for an anniversary..........