I Do with a Great View

Dutch-Colonial Delight
Taprobane Island, Sri Lanka
Every time I look at this destination, I feel like the bridesmaid who missed the bouquet. My Australian BBC journalist friend married her American Economist journalist, and I could have been there, having a cerebral chat over global issues with a worldly single man while throwing my head back in laughter atop an elephant as we rode into the sunset. On Taprobane Island, family and royalty can stay with the bride and groom on this private island on the southern tip of Sri Lanka. The island boasts a five-suite five-star hotel, infinity pool, tropical gardens to hold the ceremony, and five staff members to each guest to help with securing the peacocks for photo opps. Guests can parlay this wedding into side trips for cliff-hanging train rides, Austin Healey races in the town of Jaffna, and scuba dives before taking in a game of cricket. Missed all this the first time, but I have plenty of friends yet to be wed …