Шри Ланка,заметки самостоятельно! Sri Lanka, notes on your own!

We rested in Sri Lanka at the beginning of August 2012, only 9 days, which is extremely short for such a country. After a long flight, tired of night transfers, we had to languish for another 3 hours in traffic jams, in the end we finally got to the magnificent Romantic Villa in Beruwala.

It is located in a quiet, cozy place, we were met at the airport by Janaka, a very nice, pleasant young man, he was at our disposal all the time. Wherever we would not ask him to take him, and any of our requests did not stand aside.

At the very beginning of our arrival, we decided to go on a 2-day excursion, and then 7 days to enjoy the ocean and just relax mentally, we work a lot and the purpose of our trip was to see some sights and, of course, have a beach holiday. The excursion was taken on a villa, with a Russian-speaking guide, we were organized as we wanted, which we never regretted.

During the tour we visited the Pinonovalle elephant nursery, rode an elephant, visited the Buddha Tooth Temple, the Royal Botanical Garden, the Spice Garden, stone, silk, wood, tea plantations. And the guide with the driver was fed with real local food! Very sharp! but we are lovers of Asian cuisine)) Impressions for two days were received no less than for the rest of the holiday!
The remaining days were spent on the beach, in the Blue Lagune restaurant with cocktails and near the pool in the villa! August may not be the best month to visit on the southwest coast. As the guide said, it is best to come here from October. The ocean was stormy almost all the time, although it was very warm! Sometimes at night it rained and there was a strong thunderstorm. Of course, this could not spoil our impressions of the holiday!
They were very afraid of midges, which I read about in the reviews. But the midges didn't bother us there. The bites appeared a few days after we returned home!
And as we found out it was sand fleas! Therefore, it is better not to lie on the sand, and even more so not to dig into it!

The villa is big, except for us at that time there was no one there, so we felt comfortable as owners, everything for us, the pool is very clean, everything is in order and everywhere, paradise in a word ! ! ! ! It is located on the banks of the river, the rooms are much larger in reality than in the photographs and everything is true, which is important, we booked it on our own with the hostess via the Internet.

The Sri Lankans are very open and friendly, although they are already spoiled by tourists, and they are looking for their own benefit in everything.
Before Sri Lanka, they rested in Thailand in Bali, in Malaysia, Sri Lanka is very interesting, of course, in its own way. And we also promised ourselves to come back someday! ))