At the end of November 2025 Sri Lanka was hit by a cyclone which gave bad flooding.  Problems were compounded by seasonal rains then falling onto saturated ground.  The result was flooding in lower coastal areas and mud slides inland.  Around 600 dead by 10/12/25 when I am writing this, with many missing.

I have wondered about cancelling.   I don’t want to be a tourist, another mouth to feed and be in the way when those around are suffering.   On the other hand Sri Lanka needs it’s tourist industry to provide foreign exchange and the money that I spend in the country will be going direct to small hotels and shops.

Opposite where I live is a convenience store which is run by a Sri Lankan family from Jafna.   I have been talking with them.  They are emphatic that I should go.   They are in contact with relatives back in SL.  They are aware of the situation and say that most of the island is quickly recovering and in two months time there should be few problems.   I like their optimism and I hope they are correct.   SL seems a very resilient country.  It has suffered civil war, tsunami, corrupt governments….. and recovers.   So at the moment I am still planning to travel there in early February 2026.