Whether you want to marvel at ancient cities or the Buddha’s tooth, comb idyllic beaches or follow the paths of elephants, this guide to the colour and flavours of Sri Lanka is your key to unlocking its secrets.

43 maps, including a colour country map；

colour section on the wildlife of Sri Lanka, plus essential tips for birdwatchers；

the flavours of Sri Lanka, from a morning hopper to an evening arrack；

from cheap dens to colonial mansions – the scoop on where to puff your pillow.

作者简介：

Richard Plunkett，Richard grew up on a farm and vineyard near Avenel,Australia.He's been a stocmarket reporker,rock concert reviewer,farm labourer,subeditor for the Big Issue,and once very briefly had the job of cleaning the mincer at a butchers.He has worked on various Lonely Planet books to the subcontinent,including Southe lndia and Bangladesd.

Brigitte Ellemor，Brigitte spent her school years living in different towns in northwestern Victoria with her schoolteaching parents,before taking off on her journalism career in western Victoria.Punctuated by tiips to Europe and Asia,her time in newspapers ended when she felf there was more to life than getting the local angle on every event and opinion.Brigitte became an Australian Volunteer Abroad and lived and worked in Sri Lanka,where life took unexpected twists and turns.She joined lonely Planet as an editor after returning and is now a managing editor in the Melbourne head office.