There are so many reasons to visit Sri Lanka. It remains one of my favourite countries I have ever visited. Sri Lanka was the first country outside of Europe (besides my birth country, the US) that I had visited. And it was the perfect starting point.  In addition to having all the factors that I really want out of a holiday, it was friendly and easy to get around.  I visited in October, meeting up with one of my friends who was about halfway through her tour around Asia. While we had a couple of cloudy days, the weather was great for the most part, being between monsoon seasons. This…