Lanka Challenge winds down at The Kingsbury

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Lanka Challenge 2014, a nine-day rickshaw adventure in Sri Lanka, organised by Large Minority in partnership with Connaissance de Ceylan and the Sri Lankan Economic Development Ministry, drew to a close at the Kingsbury hotel on 14 September. The event was launched at the Tamarind Tree hotel on 5 September and saw the participation of 15 teams from Britain, South Africa, Australia, France, the US, Denmark, Colombia, New Zealand and the Netherlands. Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau and SriLankan Airlines were the main partners of Lanka Challenge 2014.

Ole Hansen and John Jensen from Denmark were the competition’s winners. Connaissance/Theme resorts (official travel agent for Lankan challenge) Chairman and Chief Guest Chandra Wickramasinghe, Operations Manager Anushka Perera, Project Manager Anuruddha Peiris, main presenter Juan Paredes and officials from SriLankan Airlines participated. Pix by Kumarasiri Prasad