Guest Book
If you've had the good fortune to travel with Sisi, please tell us about your experiences in the form at the bottom of this page. Here are comments from some of his customers:
Sisi was hired by our family for a 21 day tour of Sri Lanka (August 2011) and soon became a family friend. From the outset he organised our thoughts into a tour which we had total input into. We spoke with Sisi and made changes as we went that made our trip even more enjoyable. Sisi's suggestions added so much more to our trip. Our children, ages 9, 13 and 15 came to appreciate this fine man. He looked out for them and provided aspects of our tour to benefit them. He would see what our needs for accommodation were and book ahead what was needed for us. He provided information that allowed us to make the best choices for tours and other cultural highlights. This man is more than a driver, more than a tour guide and more than a font of information; Sisi is a gentlemen, an honest and reliable man, someone our family calls a friend. We look forward to the day when he comes to our country and we can be a tour guide for him.
I thoroughly, and without any reservation, endorse Sisi as the person you would contact when you visit Sri Lanka. Working with him will provide a first class experience of Sri Lanka.
Do yourself a favour - contact him now.
Brian (c/o The Doolan Family) Australians in Brunei Sth East Asia
Our original interest in Sri Lanka was prompted by the great cricket test matches played with the West Indies over the years. We have just returned from a wonderful 8 night road trip of this delightful country. We were not sure that our party of 4 adults and 2 children, aged 4 and 10 respectively, could achieve a cross country experience and gain a full flavour of this part of the world within such a short timescale.
We were, however, blessed in being put into the hands of one of the country's finest tour guides. He was introduced to my daughter through a colleague from her school who, only recently, had the opportunity of touring with Sisi. He is a gentle, caring man who welcomes you as a family group. His knowledge and assessment as a tour guide has been tested for some 15 years and whatever the weather or wishes of his clients Sisi, as we fondly called him, would accommodate and reorganise plans as is appropriate.
As a driver he is very positive about his decision making and we were all full of admiration for driving skills by completion of the tour.
One of the many great drives took us to where Sisi lives...a place called Ella...famous for the abduction of Sita from Rama. It is an area that exudes with natural beauty and makes up part of the many world heritage sites in Sri Lanka. As a bonus in the obvious sense of pride he has for his hometown he extended an invitation for us to have a meal at his son-in law's restaurant. It is appropriately named Adam's Breeze ( close to little Adam's peak). The time blew away that evening as we consumed the best of a gastronomic feast and certainly top of our dining experience over the 8 days. More than that we were entertained by some fine reggae music by the master himself, Bob Marley. Sisi's daughter was also present and is a teacher of English. Thank you all for this memorable evening.
Ella marked the beginning of the end of our stay and after a couple of unfortunate rainy days by the seaside and a far too brief look at Galle and Colombo it was time to say goodbye ( for the time being) to Sisi.
Sisi has mutually agreed that we need to return to give this tour at least 14 days and we are seriously considering this. In the meantime saying goodbye to Sisi has to be put into those famous words....'parting in such sweet sorrow'. Thank you Sisi.
Lenox and Maureen Coppin, Surrey England and Mullins Barbados.
In summer 2011 we had a wonderful 8 day Sri Lanka round trip with Sisi as driver and guide. We strongly recommend his services, because he is an extraordinary decent, friendly, warmhearted, experienced and reliable man. Our boys are 12 and 14 years old and they quickly became friends with Sisi. He´s just great with kids and their demands. All the time he tried his very best to offer us whatever we were interested in doing and our convenience was his primary goal. We arranged our individual tour in advance by e-mail contact, it was planned in a few mails, and everything went perfect. Now we recommend Sisi as a guide to all our friends that are planning a Sri Lanka holiday.
Sabine, Frankfurt a.M., Germany