Моя Шри-Ланка My Sri Lanka

Our first trip to this island and the first visit to the exotic left the most vivid impressions. The hotel was chosen long and tedious. I wanted everything at once: beautiful nature, clear ocean, good beach, decent hotel. Having gone through almost all the hotels on the southwest coast, we chose Dickwella Village Resort 4 *. The choice priorities were the south coast, which is considered cleaner and more beautiful, an abundance of greenery and a rather nice hotel itself, which differs from the rest in its original access to the ocean: a cape with two beaches. The month chosen was December, which promised no rains and a season of good weather.
The flight to Sri Lanka was successful, with one stop in Dubai for two hours. Total flight time: departed from Odessa at 2 pm, landed in Sri Lanka at 5 am local time. Time difference with Ukraine: 3.5 hours. Fly Dybai flew with their sandwiches and water.
Upon arrival, we were met by representatives of Join Up on large buses and smaller buses. We got a small minibus, because. There were 12 people who wanted to go to the south coast. 10 people went with us to Dickwella Village. The trip around the island took 5 hours. We drove along a toll road with stops for a smoke break, a toilet and buy some water. We were at the hotel for dinner. We were greeted with cold freshness and smiles. The administrator Luka was in charge of the settlement. A very enterprising character. Settled without problems and in a good room, number 24, on the ground floor. True, the next morning Luka stressed that he was waiting for a gift from Ukraine for a good number. They gave us half a block of cigarettes, preparing for something similar in advance) In addition to cigarettes from Ukraine, we carefully prepared sets of caramels, a couple of bags of seeds and two chocolates) What can I say, everything was flying with a bang. Indeed, Sri Lankans eat our seeds with a peel, which is very funny to watch, in acquaintance with chipmunks, of which there are a great many in the hotel. Ukrainian seeds will also help you)

Caramels and chocolates were handed out instead of tips, just as a thank you or as small gifts to local children.
Hotel, room and beach. The room has everything you need: tea and coffee sets, a kettle, a plasma TV with a couple of Russian channels. Toilet with shower in normal, working order, interruptions in water were not noticed. Bed linen and towels were changed regularly and regularly. The hotel itself was built a very long time ago, but the reconstruction of the rooms was carried out recently, and a separate building was put in order at the time of our stay at the hotel. The hotel has a lot of greenery, flowers, chipmunks, the walls of the buildings are beautifully finished, etc. we were there during the Christmas and New Year holidays, as many as three Christmas trees were installed, everything was beautifully decorated, up to the Christmas wreaths on the door of the room. WI-FI was excellent near the pool and was well caught on the street near our room, because. we lived next to the main restaurant and the pool. Also good internet at the reception.
The hotel pool is large and deep, with ocean water. There is a jacuzzi on the roof of the restaurant with a great view of the Sri Lankan landscape. The hotel has one restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. The food was good: the food is varied, there are European and national dishes, very tasty pastries. With local dishes, you need to be careful and look at the amount of peppercorns that characterize the spiciness of the dishes. We had breakfasts and dinners, we went to lunch at the local "restaurateurs": Pierre, Upendro and the Kevin Hotel. The last place was remembered the most, because. made friends with local guys, went with them to the souvenir shop, on a couple of excursions. The more often you go to the same ones for lunch, the larger and more satisfying your portions become, the number of fruits and free additions to the main dishes increase. Seafood is always fresh and very tasty. Who does not eat seafood, for those there is meat in any of its cooking options. It is pointless to describe fruits and freshly squeezed juices, you just have to try it !!
There is practically no animation in the hotel, everything is very calm and measured. True, a DJ appears in the evening and tries to stir up the audience. For sunbathing and swimming, they preferred the right bay, exit through the gate near the pool. And if you go through this bay, then a gorgeous deserted beach appears, with beautiful palm trees, clean sand, good entry into the ocean. The weather was wonderful all day, but the ocean was stormy, it was not possible to fully swim, but we got a lot of delight from jumping on the waves. The main thing is not to get carried away and not go to the depth, because. ocean waves very strongly suck even good swimmers. The main beach, to the left of the hotel, is convenient for those who like to ride mini boards and lie on sun loungers. The hotel also has a dive center, rental of snorkeling equipment, organization of excursions. Due to the remoteness of the hotel and classifying ourselves as lazy tourists, we got to the Dondra lighthouse, the Buddhist monastery in Dikwella and the Buddhist temple.

Food and drink prices are not expensive. Life in Sri Lanka is not rich, but it seemed to me very happy. I have not seen so many joyful and sincere smiles in such numbers for a long time. People are very responsive and unsophisticated. If you are lucky enough to make friends there, then you will definitely be invited to visit them, we visited the Sri Lankan christening and felt welcome there ourselves. You can talk a lot about Sri Lanka and our hotel, but it's better, as they say, to see once than to read a hundred times.
Thanks to everyone who read)