Jaffna Hotel Tips by tommix

Everywhere in Sri Lanka where you get out from a bus or train you will meet a lot of people proposing you a big variety of hotels and guesthouses. Not in Jaffna. Here the turistic infrastructure is still very limited. Big hotels are now being used by army, a lot of others are not yet reconstructed... The fact that knowledge of english is emong the local people rather limited is not helping at all. So it took me a while before I found a place where to stay. It was a "no-name" hotel - just few rooms in the back of a radio-TV shop.
So don't came in the late afternoon to Jaffna, otherwise you can have some problems to find an accomodation...

Unique Qualities: My hotel was correct, without bathroom in the room but with AC, which is quite important - Jaffna is more humid then the rest of the island. And have in mind that a limited choice has an impact on prices - they are higher then elsewere in Sri Lanka.

Comparison: more expensive than average

Price: US$20-40

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