Jetwing Kaduruketha Hotel in Wellawaya, Sri Lanka

Wellawaya is on almost no-one’s Sri Lankan itinerary. Apart from a few old ruins and the local farming way of life it’s an area with little to attract the sightseer. But that is precisely what makes the area interesting, because that’s just what reveals the real Sri Lanka. So don’t listen to the locals, who’ll tell you there’s not really anything to see in Wellawaya, because they’re thinking that what Westerners want is organized tours to go and see ancient monuments, and “things to do”. And of course they’re mistaken.