Sri lanka once known to be the tear drop of the Indian ocean has now become the pearl of the Indian ocean once again. The fall of the terrorists who plagued the island for almost 30 years has made the situation of the country a bit more hopeful.

Sri lanka has been voted number 1 destination for 2010 by the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/travel/10places.html

Sri lanka was shown in NATGEO as the worlds second best island
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uFsPS2gPhE

Sri lanka has one of  the worlds best surfing water
http://www.google.lk/images?hl=en&q=arugam+bay&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=OF_FS9GdF9KHkAXVgd2nDg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CBwQsAQwAw