Tyler Cowen: recommendation

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…— where you list some of your favorite things in Sri Lanka, but you say you’re not happy with your picks, and you say, “I’ll try better next time.” The architecture of Geoffrey Bawa, especially the hotels, is one of the great glories of the world, and most people haven’t heard of it. You can see so much of it in Sri Lanka. I would elevate that over all else. I understand the food much better. There’s very good Western food in Sri Lanka, which I hadn’t understood on my first visit. Baked goods in particular can just be first-rate. If you get tired of hoppers and string hoppers, which everyone does at some point — I don’t care what you say, you get tired of it — what do you have next? Just their weird, mediocre Chinese food or you can get Western baked goods. On the second trip, my view of Sri Lanka changed a good deal, and I recommend it highly as a vacation spot. One of my best friends just did two weeks there, and he loved it, and he was blown away by the quality of the architecture and the food. And it’s quite safe and very affordable. Great. “Do you want to do more DJ-ing of your favorite songs, like you did with Rick Rubin?” asked Roommate Dave.…

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