Elephant Complex: Travels In Sri Lanka

"Elephant Complex made me add Sri Lanka to my bucket list, but armchair travelers will enjoy settling in for an evocative visit with John Gimlette as guide. There is so much more to the tear-shaped Indian Ocean island than tea, cricket and the legacy of civil war. Fun facts: Cinnamon became a global commodity thanks to the Portuguese conquest. Sri Lankan tradition says that a punishment far worse than death is reincarnation as a crow. I won’t spoil the elephant stories."