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I thought for a long time and decided to write my impressions about the rest in a small paradise!
My husband and I always rested in Turkey and decided that it was time to bring in a little exotic and variety. We thought for a long time, chose, initially we liked the Domenicana, but when we found out the real cost, something disappeared, but the girl from the tour company called just a few hours later and offered a burning tour for 10 days and only 76 tr. which made us happy, we quickly packed up and went on a long journey. We flew with Qatar Airways, the service is amazing, the airbuses are spacious, the lunches are awesome, you can book your own dinner, breakfast or lunch on the site before departure, well, this is all poetry.
Upon arrival, we immediately exchanged money for local money at the airport, we were met with flowers and a necklace of orchids, put into a brand new Mercedes and taken to the hotel, we drove for a long time, there were a lot of traffic jams, but it was interesting, it was possible to take a closer look at the life of local people. Upon arrival at the hotel, while filling out the questionnaire, they brought us cocktails and we can say they immediately settled in the room. The room is spacious, clean, tiled floor, the only negative, the island has very high humidity and because of this, the candish should work continuously, if you turn it off, then all things, bed linen will be wet, but it doesn’t matter, as I’m freezing at the reception I took a warm blanket for myself, which caused smiles from the attendants. The restaurant impressed with the variety of dishes, the food there was designed for both European stomachs and national dishes.
Always freshly squeezed juice (the real one) for breakfast, lunch and dinner, fresh pastries, and in the evening the chef prepared the main dish in the hall itself. Between lunch and dinner there were always snacks in the bar, the bar was open until 12 at night, after everything was closed. We met several couples of newlyweds and decided to go on an excursion to the Yalla National Park (about 250 km from Kalutara). We used the services of Raja’s beachboy, we didn’t regret it, although upon arrival he took $ 20 more from each couple than agreed ($ 100 per couple), but he showed us so much that the travel agency from the hotel would not show so much and even more big +, he is quite tolerable speaks Russian. Our excursion was two-day, on the first day when we went to the fish market, I had never seen such a variety of fish and its size (a stack of tuna in diameter exceeded 1 meter), sharks, marlins, needle fish and a bunch of other ocean inhabitants.
After that we went to the Bentota River (very beautiful, it flows into the ocean), took a boat ride, saw crocodiles, mangroves, saw a small python. Then we were treated to a local phantom and went to a turtle farm, saw an albino turtle, newly hatched babies and laying eggs. On the way, we also stopped at a local cafe (we, the girls, wanted to go to the toilet, outlining in our thoughts what we would see now, we were amazed, everything was very clean and dignified), we tried their pastries with spices and our eyes climbed on our foreheads. Upon arrival at the national park, we were first checked into a hotel, fed, and with renewed vigor went on a safari. There are a lot of impressions when you see animals in their natural environment, and not in a zoo. Huge crocodiles, mullahs, monkeys, peacocks, mongooses, elephants passing from our car just 5 meters away, and the most interesting thing is a leopard 20 meters away from us, who was hunting, but we prevented him, forgive us Russians!
and what kind of sunset is there, I immediately remember the cartoon "The Lion King" and winds up the song "Hakuna matata" : ) On the second day in the morning we went home. We stopped at the production of cinnamon, oil from it and the extraction of stones, they do a titanic work, everything is done by hand. They held a baby mongoose in their hands, called it rikki-tikki, to which the Sri Lankans said OK. After that we went to the snow-white beaches of Unovatuna. What a stunning ocean there is, of pale blue color, a real paradise (we had a rainy season in Kalutara and the sand was yellow, and the ocean was stormy), after splashing a little we went to Galle Fort and ride a yacht, see corals (surprisingly they were green before, and after tsunamis turned pink), they also saw turtles that were more than 200 years old, their heads were like those of calves.
Having exhausted ourselves on excursions, we finally went home, after all the beauties you begin to notice the other side of their life, after the tsunami much has not yet been restored, poverty, the city streets are dirty, a huge unemployment rate, but they are all smiling. And somehow it became sad in my soul that I want to help everyone, especially children who don’t even have a ball (they play with a ball self-knitted from coconut fibers). Unfortunately, there are a lot of such people and they are all over the planet. We spent the remaining days already exploring the local streets, shops and restaurants, but we liked the one (Paradise) the most, it is located to the left of the hotel, if you stand with your back to the hotel. For $ 10 they brought me a bottle of local beer, a plate of rice, 6 king prawns (they consider them small : ), and the fact that we sell small ones is generally rubbish for them) and a plate of salad.
Thank you Sri Lanka for your hospitality, for your warm rain, for your "soul"...Someday I'll be back.. .
My husband and I always rested in Turkey and decided that it was time to bring in a little exotic and variety. We thought for a long time, chose, initially we liked the Domenicana, but when we found out the real cost, something disappeared, but the girl from the tour company called just a few hours later and offered a burning tour for 10 days and only 76 tr. which made us happy, we quickly packed up and went on a long journey. We flew with Qatar Airways, the service is amazing, the airbuses are spacious, the lunches are awesome, you can book your own dinner, breakfast or lunch on the site before departure, well, this is all poetry.
Upon arrival, we immediately exchanged money for local money at the airport, we were met with flowers and a necklace of orchids, put into a brand new Mercedes and taken to the hotel, we drove for a long time, there were a lot of traffic jams, but it was interesting, it was possible to take a closer look at the life of local people. Upon arrival at the hotel, while filling out the questionnaire, they brought us cocktails and we can say they immediately settled in the room. The room is spacious, clean, tiled floor, the only negative, the island has very high humidity and because of this, the candish should work continuously, if you turn it off, then all things, bed linen will be wet, but it doesn’t matter, as I’m freezing at the reception I took a warm blanket for myself, which caused smiles from the attendants. The restaurant impressed with the variety of dishes, the food there was designed for both European stomachs and national dishes.
Always freshly squeezed juice (the real one) for breakfast, lunch and dinner, fresh pastries, and in the evening the chef prepared the main dish in the hall itself. Between lunch and dinner there were always snacks in the bar, the bar was open until 12 at night, after everything was closed. We met several couples of newlyweds and decided to go on an excursion to the Yalla National Park (about 250 km from Kalutara). We used the services of Raja’s beachboy, we didn’t regret it, although upon arrival he took $ 20 more from each couple than agreed ($ 100 per couple), but he showed us so much that the travel agency from the hotel would not show so much and even more big +, he is quite tolerable speaks Russian. Our excursion was two-day, on the first day when we went to the fish market, I had never seen such a variety of fish and its size (a stack of tuna in diameter exceeded 1 meter), sharks, marlins, needle fish and a bunch of other ocean inhabitants.
After that we went to the Bentota River (very beautiful, it flows into the ocean), took a boat ride, saw crocodiles, mangroves, saw a small python. Then we were treated to a local phantom and went to a turtle farm, saw an albino turtle, newly hatched babies and laying eggs. On the way, we also stopped at a local cafe (we, the girls, wanted to go to the toilet, outlining in our thoughts what we would see now, we were amazed, everything was very clean and dignified), we tried their pastries with spices and our eyes climbed on our foreheads. Upon arrival at the national park, we were first checked into a hotel, fed, and with renewed vigor went on a safari. There are a lot of impressions when you see animals in their natural environment, and not in a zoo. Huge crocodiles, mullahs, monkeys, peacocks, mongooses, elephants passing from our car just 5 meters away, and the most interesting thing is a leopard 20 meters away from us, who was hunting, but we prevented him, forgive us Russians!
and what kind of sunset is there, I immediately remember the cartoon "The Lion King" and winds up the song "Hakuna matata" : ) On the second day in the morning we went home. We stopped at the production of cinnamon, oil from it and the extraction of stones, they do a titanic work, everything is done by hand. They held a baby mongoose in their hands, called it rikki-tikki, to which the Sri Lankans said OK. After that we went to the snow-white beaches of Unovatuna. What a stunning ocean there is, of pale blue color, a real paradise (we had a rainy season in Kalutara and the sand was yellow, and the ocean was stormy), after splashing a little we went to Galle Fort and ride a yacht, see corals (surprisingly they were green before, and after tsunamis turned pink), they also saw turtles that were more than 200 years old, their heads were like those of calves.
Having exhausted ourselves on excursions, we finally went home, after all the beauties you begin to notice the other side of their life, after the tsunami much has not yet been restored, poverty, the city streets are dirty, a huge unemployment rate, but they are all smiling. And somehow it became sad in my soul that I want to help everyone, especially children who don’t even have a ball (they play with a ball self-knitted from coconut fibers). Unfortunately, there are a lot of such people and they are all over the planet. We spent the remaining days already exploring the local streets, shops and restaurants, but we liked the one (Paradise) the most, it is located to the left of the hotel, if you stand with your back to the hotel. For $ 10 they brought me a bottle of local beer, a plate of rice, 6 king prawns (they consider them small : ), and the fact that we sell small ones is generally rubbish for them) and a plate of salad.
Thank you Sri Lanka for your hospitality, for your warm rain, for your "soul"...Someday I'll be back.. .
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