Blogs from Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Asia - page 11

I går fant vi ut at vi måtte være litt kulturelle og finne på noe annet enn å ligge på solsenga. Vi dro derfor inn til Galle by og gikk ut til Galle fort. Dette er et fort som hollenderne bygde på 1600 tallet. Det er nærmest som en by omringet av festningsmurer. Utrolig flott arkitektur i kolonistil. Alt det gamle er befart, men samtidig masse små butikker og kafeer. Veldig koselig. Når vi gikk derfra kommer det opp en mann til oss og brøler: Hallooo, remember me from yesterday? Me making food for you. Did you like the food? Aldrig sett mannen før vi. Men han hadde sikkert noe veldig fint å selge oss vil jeg tro.... Etterpå tok vi en tuk-tuk tilbake til heimen, for så å gå på en VELDIG bra strandresturant med ... read more

So enjoyed a couple of days in Marissa, probably the most tourist orientated place so far. Massive bay, sandy beach stretching all the way, with bars and restaurants lining the sand. Distinctive south east Asia beach feel about it. Absolutely massive waves crashing onto the beach at all times of the day! Not to be trifled with. Tried diving through one only to be spun around washing machine style. Soon figured out the technique but pretty sketchy either way! Wandered around the other bays and went to an amazing look out next to a temple. Bit lazy with the picture taking at the mo though. Next time! Decided to get a move on though and get a very quick bus to Weligama, couple of k's down the road. Managed to jump off at the dive centre, ... read more

Mirissa was a fast and frantic three hour bus journey. Actually the bus only went to Matara and from there we got a tuk tuk to our hotel, the url=http://www.booking.com/hotel/lk/edelweiss-resort.en-gb.html?aid=356984;label=gog235jc-hotel-XX-lk-edelweissNresort-unspec-es-com-L%3Aen-O%3Aunk-B%3Aunk-N%3AXX-S%3Abo;sid=93e3540c26c43e43079ac95eb8c01b3d;dcid=4;dist=0;type=total&Edelweiss Resort. We got off to a stuttering start but we think it's because the guy on the hotel desk didn't speak English too well. It turned out he couldn't find our reservation because he was looking under February! He asked if we wanted to upgrade to a seafront room but when we said no to paying an extra $10 a night he upgraded us anyway. It turned out to be a great hotel and we were reluctant to leave in the end. It was just so relaxing chilling out by the pool whilst watching and hearing the ocean's huge ... read more

Geo: 6.02661, 80.2176Catch up: We left the "Evil Coconut Hotel" the day before yesterday and enjoyed a short scenic drive along the coast via the Turtle Hatchery to Galle only some 45 km away.Galle is an established port city strategically located at the extreme South East of Sri Lanka. Originally founded by the Portuguese in the 1600's it was an important trading port en route to the East Indies. Impressive fortifications and ramparts were constructed.....further developed by the Dutch and finally occupied in ernest by the The British from 1815 after the fall of Kandy. Behind the fortified sea wall lies an intact historic Colonial style town of some 90 acres, complete with Dutch Cathedral, colonial mansions, a court house, historic post office and many many other impressive buildings. It came into it's own in 2004 ... read more

Geo: 6.38321, 80.0112Head for the Beach! I thought I would never utter those words! In the last 20 years, I think we have collectively only spent about 6 hours by a Hotel Pool or Sea. The most in one hit was 2 hours in Rarotonga when after entertaining the whole resort by falling of a Kayak boredom set in and off we went in search of local "stuff"!!However, 5 days of "GLIMP" weather has caused the us to pull the "ripcord " on this area and head South and down the Island in search of sun. There is little point in waiting to see if things are going to improve weather-wise. We are still coughing and spluttering and it has taken 3 days for Cathy's jeans to semi-dry despite ironing them for 1/2 hour in our ... read more