"The Island of Sri Lanka is a small universe containing as many variations of culture, scenery and climate as some countries a dozen times her size. Every point on the island can be reached with just a few hours travel by car, enabling even the short-term visitor to experience many of island's diversities." - Arthur C. The equator is arriving again. We are within eight degrees of it. Dear me, it i
s beautiful! And most sumptuously tropical, as to character of foliage and opulence of it. "What though the spicy breezes blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle" - an eloquent line, an incomparable line; it says little, but conveys whole libraries of sentiment, and Oriental charm and mystery, and tropic deliciousness - a line that quivers and tingles with a thousand unexpressed and inexpressible things, things that haunt one and find no articulate voice . . . . Colombo, the capital. An Oriental town, most manifestly; and fascinating." - Mark Twain, when his ship reached Ceylon.
“Ceylon is the cradle of human race because everybody there looks an original.” - George Bernard Shaw
"Zeilam is a noble island, 3000 miles in circumference, producing gems, and cinnamon in great abundance.” - Nicolo Di Conti of Venice
