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“It’s beautiful here on amazing days like this, but during monsoons it can be a nightmare,” he said, noting that landing at the inland city of Kandy can be particularly difficult at that time of year. “You have 3,800 feet of water to land and take off on — trees on one side, a dam on the other, and who knows what’s in the water. It takes a certain feel to fly this way.”via: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/19/travel/seaplanes-among-transport-choices-in-sri-lanka.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140318&#38;nlid=68542801&#38;tntemail0=y&#38;_r=1source: www.nytimes.com