The rhythmic chanting was matched by the lockstep motion of feet pounding along Upeweli beach outside Trincomallee on the east coast of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is cheap but not as cheap as India or most of SE Asia. At the same time the quality of things is extremely high

I have been in Kaifeng, China for 8 days now. This is my third trip to China and I am still very much a novice.