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This site is a honest, helpful, and freely accessible guide to Sri Lanka. No ads, no paywalls, no sponsored rankings. Just useful information for people who want to explore this island properly.
It takes a surprising amount of time and effort to keep something like this going - researching, writing, fact-checking, building, and maintaining it all while making sure it actually stays useful for real travelers. That’s where you come in.
What’s Still Being Built
Section titled “What’s Still Being Built”Here’s a look at what’s left on the list — I’ll cross things off as they get done:
- Complete Quick Essentials page
- Complete Apps page
- Complete
Spanishtranslations - Make the web app installable & fully offline
- Move to a proper domain (currently on Vercel free hosting)
- Add misc. pages [privacy, terms etc.]
- Complete section: Culture & Extras
- Complete section: Food & Eats
- Complete section: Getting Around
- Complete section: Safety & Health
- Complete section: Things to Do
- Complete section: Travel Toolkit
- Complete section: Trip Plans
- Complete section: Where to Stay
- Review and Format section: Emergency
- Review and Format section: FAQ
- Finish remaining destination and activity category pages
- Find real visitors and survey volunteers to ground-truth the content
If something you needed wasn’t here yet — that’s exactly why this page exists.
Ways You Can Help
Section titled “Ways You Can Help”You don’t have to do everything. Even one of these makes a real difference.
✍️ Contribute Content
Section titled “✍️ Contribute Content”The most valuable thing anyone can offer is first-hand knowledge. If you’ve traveled Sri Lanka — or you live there — you probably know things that no amount of desk research can replace.
- Spot something outdated or wrong? Flag it.
- Know a hidden gem, a better route, or a local tip worth sharing? Send it in.
- Confident writer? Pages like Food & Eats and Travel Plans need the most love right now.
🐛 Like to code?
Section titled “🐛 Like to code?”The site is open source and built with Astro Starlight. If you’re a developer and you spot a bug, a broken layout, or an accessibility issue — pull requests are very welcome. Even small fixes matter.
Got an idea for a feature? Open an issue and let’s talk about it.
View the repository on GitHub →
🎇Help with Translations
Section titled “🎇Help with Translations”SriGuide has built in i18n localization capabilities, which means we can add your native language here pretty much easily! Please avoid machine translations (ex: Google Translate/DeepL).
- English (Main Language)
- Spanish [Español] (Currently I am working on it, but since I am not a native speaker I would greatly appreciate if someone can help with translations)
- Your Language Here
Send a quick email here if you’re interested!
💬 Share Your Feedback
Section titled “💬 Share Your Feedback”Honest feedback shapes this more than anything else. Is the site confusing to navigate? Is something missing that you expected to find? Did something genuinely help you plan your trip?
All of it is useful — good and bad.
Or just send a quick email → if that’s easier.
☕ Buy Me a Coffee
Section titled “☕ Buy Me a Coffee”Running a site, even a small one has costs: the domain, hosting, tools, and honestly just the hours. If this site helped you plan a better trip to Sri Lanka and you’d like to say thanks, a coffee goes a long way toward keeping it going.
There’s no subscription, no tier, no expectation. Purely if you want to.
📣 Tell Someone About It
Section titled “📣 Tell Someone About It”This one costs nothing and might be the most powerful one on this list. If you found this useful - mention it. Share the link with a friend planning a Sri Lanka trip. Post it in a travel group, add it to a forum thread, recommend it in a subreddit…
Word of mouth from real travelers is how a project like this grows. No algorithm needed.
Thank You!
Section titled “Thank You!”Thank you for being here and for reading this far. The idea behind this project is to provide real facts in one place so you won’t get frustrated with browsing or chatting with AI (which you cannot TRUST)! Every person who contributes a little, helps make that real.
If you ever have a question, an idea, or just want to say hello:
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