forced to make some decisions!!

Originally Posted by camelgirl

SL (Sri Lanka) is best in winter months. We spent a month (Feb) there last year.

3 weeks is not alot of time for India to see the places you've chosen. So I would say not to give up one week to include SL but consider it as a separate trip or as part of a longer India trip at another time.

You can visit anywhere quickly but I don't recommend it. SL does not have the tourist infrastructure that India has, probably because of 25 years of civil war and not many tourists. There are a few trains but the majority of people hire car & driver to go everywhere outside of Colombo. There are two prices for everything. I don't mean they try to overcharge you, I mean there are two actual prices, one for tourists and one for locals. This is unfortunate but the way it goes. There's lots to see the people are wonderful and desperate for tourists who once again have mostly stopped coming due to an upsurge in fighting and suicide bombers in Colombo again.