Need to Know - Sri Lanka - page 30

Hire bikes, ride trains and use a car and driver some days: average per day Rs 2500
Top End:
Over Rs 20,000
Top-end hotel: Rs 12,000 and up
Meals at top-end places: from Rs 3000
Daily use of car and driver: from Rs 5500
Opening Hours
Outside of tourist areas much is closed on Sunday.
Bars Usually close by midnight, last call is often a sobering 11pm.
Restaurants and cafes 7am to 9pm daily, later in areas popular with travellers.
Shops 10am to 7pm Monday to Friday, 10am to 3pm Saturday
Shops and services catering to visitors 9am to 8pm
Arriving in Sri Lanka
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB; www.airport.lk ) Sri Lanka's one main airport is 30km
north of Colombo.
Taxis to Colombo Prepaid about Rs 2600 depending on destination; one hour to Fort via
expressway.
Hotel car & driver to Colombo Rs 3000 to Rs 4000.
Bus to Colombo Air-con bus via expressway to Central Bus Station Rs 130, under one
hour.
Getting Around
For much more on getting around, see Click here .