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Anthony Bourdain Sweats It Out in Sri Lanka

Where: Sri Lanka
March 3, 2009 at 10:11 AM | by | Comments (2)

The best part about No Reservations is how much Anthony Bourdain mixes it up; how he visits somewhere utterly predictable one week (such as Manhattan), then ends up in the most random place you can think of (say, the Azores).

This week fell definitely on the random side, as Anthony headed to Colombo, Sri Lanka, a place we imagine being dusty, war-torn and unbearably hot. Bourdain spends the first half of the episode complaining about how dusty, war-torn and unbearably hot it is, but then of course he discovers the food. We don't even know how to go about classifying the Sri Lankan food Tony sampled, except that every dish seemed to have about 25 spices, four kinds of fish, eggs, rice, bread, vegetables…well, you get the point, seems like these people will not hesitate to put anything on top of everything. Of course, it all looks delicious, whatever it is.

Bourdain mostly got personal guided tours around the country, and ended the episode by lamenting that Sri Lanka just isn't safe and accessible enough yet for everyone to visit. We've got precious little coverage of Sri Lanka travel in the Jaunted archives, so it made us wonder—Is it possible to travel in Sri Lanka today? Anybody been? Let us know in the comments.

Related Stories:
· Sri Lanka Travel Guide [No Reservations]
· Tourism Board Travel: Sri Lanka Is Safe, Minus The Terrorism [Jaunted]
· Anthony Bourdain travel coverage [Jaunted]

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travelling to sri lanka

it is safe to travel. The war is over now and even then we had tourists coming in. Many chose not to travel outside of the big cities but they still came. We had teachers in some international schools who came over from england or other european countries to teach and stay for a year or two. We still managed to take school excursions around the country, so it was safe then too. As long as you stay out of obvious war torn areas you should be fine. Im going back in december and my dad just got back three weeks ago. Most of my extended family still live there. Its quite safe to travel, and the people are very friendly. There are the usual things like pickpockets at the busy bazaars, drunks in the wee hours of the mornings, and the occaisionally disagreement with the food; but other than that, you should be fine. Go enjoy yourself. Its fully worth it. :) ps: anthony bourdain didnt even touch on the food. and the burgher woman he met was a disgrace to her ethnicity - my mother is burgher and that woman is a disgusting snob - thats also NOT real lamprais.
Anushka Wikramanayake on August 26, 2009 at 5:08 AM #Permalink

Sri Lankan food looks yummy

I've only just eaten breakfast but that Sri Lankan food is making me feel hungry again. I love travelling and trying all types of food, I have never been to Sri Lanka though, not yet anyway.
CarHireToday on October 5, 2010 at 5:29 AM #Permalink

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