понравилось все. Liked everything.

food is excellent. The task was not to gain too much. failed. everything was too tasty and plentiful and very varied. dinner - every time new dishes, cuisines of the world plus very spicy local food.
there is no entertainment - for someone a minus, for me there is none. we had many excursions, in our free time we just wanted to be by the ocean or sit in a bar with a glass of wine.
the country is unique in everything... they try to breed at every turn, but knowing this in advance, you just need to be on your guard.
Do not buy anything from spice gardens. Firstly, it is not worth it, in any local pharmacy you can find it many times cheaper, and secondly, all this is aimed at tourism, more precisely at scamming a tourist for money. Those miraculous remedies, in fact, are not such, whatever it may be. If you really want to buy something there as a keepsake, buy a really set of spices, and that's it. Oils, hair products, against hair, for weight loss, potency, etc. are all a waste of money.

Tours should be taken from professionals. Even more expensive. But it is safe and the translator at least somehow more or less speaks Russian. Once we were tempted to take a tour from a local bailiff. He took us, showed us everything, but we did not understand a word of what he said, and he drove us mainly to where it was profitable for him to receive interest.
Buy stones only in shops at the hotel. To be honest, I wouldn't buy there either. Sri Lankans do not have a very good product design, and there is a high probability of getting a fake or just a dirty stone, which is significantly inferior to the declared price. . .
From the good: The hotel is super. Everything is wonderful there. Quiet, beautiful, spacious. Security, cleaning, food. I did not count on such a service from the Sri Lankans, and was pleasantly surprised.
The country is incomprehensible and unique. Definitely worth visiting several excursions, even the most tiring ones. Memories for a lifetime. Free time is better spent relaxing by the ocean. The ocean is not the sea. It has some kind of magnetic force and energy. Near the sea, I did not feel this. I advise everyone