Sanduni Wickramasinghe
Destinations & Practical Editor
Colombo, Galle, the hill country, and the practical questions: which trains, which tuk-tuks, where to base yourself.
Sanduni writes the city and town guides for BackpackLondon's Sri Lanka desk, plus the where-to-stay recommendations from Colombo to Ella. She also covers the practical side of getting around the country: train booking on the Colombo–Kandy–Badulla line, what tuk-tuk fares should actually cost, and the accessibility realities outside the main tourist corridor.
Her approach mirrors the UK desk. At least two nights in any neighbourhood she recommends, and explicit callouts for the things visiting writers tend to miss. Which guesthouses include breakfast, which beaches actually have lifeguards, which stations to skip on the hill-country trains.
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On the desk since 2024.