It’s easy to feel distressed when you’re looking at how poorly the Australian Dollar is doing in some destinations.
Want to go to the united States, or the UK? You can look forward to bleeding money (while you load up on cheap carbs to fill the void).
The good news, of course, is that there are plenty of overseas destinations where the strong Aussie Dollar gives us more bang for our buck and lets us live like kings for a week or two.
Sri Lanka
It always blows my mind that Sri Lanka isn’t right at the top of the travel wish list for Australians. It’s ridiculously affordable, for one thing, but it also offers the perfect holiday for every kind of traveller, whether you’re after a safari, a beach holiday, city colour and chaos or a rich history.
Now the peak tourist season here runs between December and April, so travel outside of that period and you’re likely to find solid accommodation options around the country from around $20 (granted this pricing is more inline with local homestays) to $40 for moderate hotels and you can enjoy a casual (and oh-so-delicious) bite from as little as $4.
Serviced by an extensive, economical network of trains and buses, getting around to all those beach towns and tea plantations is easy on the wallet too.
Sri Lanka Travel Feneteko