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Having traveled from the Maldivian to the Maldives, we decided to see Sri Lanka.
For the first time in the Maldivian, an unpleasant manager came across - Stepanova Irina - irritable, unfriendly. The ticket was sold as if reluctantly, and we regretted the time to come another time to another manager . .
A couple of weeks before departure, fighting with the rebels intensified in Sri Lanka. I called Irina to calm her down, like they are fighting in the north, but there are no inconveniences in the south. And I heard in response: "What did you think when you bought a ticket? ! You deliberately chose this trip, and don't say that you didn't know about military operations in Sri Lanka! "
Drive.
We chose the option of 3 days of excursions + 8 days of beach holidays.
It's worth going there once. Reserves, mountains-waterfalls, Sigiri - interesting and very beautiful!
The organization of trips and transfers from hotel to hotel in the Maldivian, as always, is organized at the highest level. With busy sightseeing days from dawn to dusk, it was not tiring. We paid $85 extra per person and traveled only in an air-conditioned car with a local Russian-speaking guide (Tolik, hello! ).
With horror I imagine traveling by bus - for example, in the mountains on a serpentine it really gets sick.
Having paid another 200 bucks each, we rode an elephant, went to the reserve, a fish restaurant and received a massage. Of course, it was not without delivery to souvenir shops. Massage is also, to put it mildly, "an amateur" - they have a peculiar concept of hygiene. But in general, they did not regret that they chose these excursions, at the end of the trip I would even travel around the island more. No vaccinations were given and no pills were taken.
First night spent at the Sinnamon Hotel - highly recommended! Colonial style at its finest. The second hotel was on the mountain, Amaya Hill - the rooms are simpler, but at dawn the view of the clouds sleeping in the valley redeems everything!
Now about Fortress.
This is an atypical hotel for Sri Lanka in terms of the level and quality of service. The design is respectful. Italian linen, excellent porcelain, i-pods and dvds in the rooms. And what coffee machines - we just fell in love.
We lived in a two-story room with a pool, which turned out to be the way, because. At the exit to the beach there was a sign: swimming in the ocean is prohibited. The waves there are such that it is dangerous even for good swimmers to swim away from the shore. When a week later we sort of got used to diving under them, I was hit by a wave on the top of my head so that my head ached.
The spa at the hotel is decent, in the evening you can go to the saunas and jacuzzi for free. The fitness room has all the necessary equipment, the latest modifications. Squirrels are worn on the territory of the hotel, which can be fed practically from hands.
The cuisine is good, except for spicy dishes that are simply inedible. But you can always take a tuk-tuk to the nearest shop-market-brothel for groceries and cheap drinks. Although there is outside the hotel, we were afraid. A bottle of champagne in our room cost $ 180, and in the city $ 18. True and the quality was appropriate . .
All beaches of the island are public. Obsessive locals are constantly on duty under the walls of the hotel, offering souvenirs and "cheaper" excursions. We need to be critical of these proposals! Our trips to the turtle farm and snorkeling to the "corals" were disappointing. There are no more corals in Sri Lanka. There are many debris, it is clear that before the tsunami there were beautiful reefs, but now everything is dead. Therefore, there are neither beautiful underwater landscapes, nor that many fish, as in the Maldives.
And mosquitoes! Having recklessly opened the balcony on the first evening, we toiled for several days afterwards, although the raptor was constantly turned on in the room and we even rubbed ourselves with mosquito. In the Maldives, this problem simply does not exist.
The entertainment program consisted of 1 short funny concert of local dancers.
So in this hotel it is good to engage in a "home" hobby such as drawing, or stupidly lie in the sun with a book. For those who like to swim with a mask, there are the Maldives, which are commensurate with Fortress in terms of money. And you won’t be able to admire the white sand and emerald water here - the sand is red, fine, constantly raised by waves.
The ideal option is a combined tour-excursions in Sri Lanka + a beach holiday in the Maldives. I think the flight to the Maldives will take no more time than the road from the center of the country to Fortress.
For the first time in the Maldivian, an unpleasant manager came across - Stepanova Irina - irritable, unfriendly. The ticket was sold as if reluctantly, and we regretted the time to come another time to another manager . .
A couple of weeks before departure, fighting with the rebels intensified in Sri Lanka. I called Irina to calm her down, like they are fighting in the north, but there are no inconveniences in the south. And I heard in response: "What did you think when you bought a ticket? ! You deliberately chose this trip, and don't say that you didn't know about military operations in Sri Lanka! "
Drive.
We chose the option of 3 days of excursions + 8 days of beach holidays.
It's worth going there once. Reserves, mountains-waterfalls, Sigiri - interesting and very beautiful!
The organization of trips and transfers from hotel to hotel in the Maldivian, as always, is organized at the highest level. With busy sightseeing days from dawn to dusk, it was not tiring. We paid $85 extra per person and traveled only in an air-conditioned car with a local Russian-speaking guide (Tolik, hello! ).
With horror I imagine traveling by bus - for example, in the mountains on a serpentine it really gets sick.
Having paid another 200 bucks each, we rode an elephant, went to the reserve, a fish restaurant and received a massage. Of course, it was not without delivery to souvenir shops. Massage is also, to put it mildly, "an amateur" - they have a peculiar concept of hygiene. But in general, they did not regret that they chose these excursions, at the end of the trip I would even travel around the island more. No vaccinations were given and no pills were taken.
First night spent at the Sinnamon Hotel - highly recommended! Colonial style at its finest. The second hotel was on the mountain, Amaya Hill - the rooms are simpler, but at dawn the view of the clouds sleeping in the valley redeems everything!
Now about Fortress.
This is an atypical hotel for Sri Lanka in terms of the level and quality of service. The design is respectful. Italian linen, excellent porcelain, i-pods and dvds in the rooms. And what coffee machines - we just fell in love.
We lived in a two-story room with a pool, which turned out to be the way, because. At the exit to the beach there was a sign: swimming in the ocean is prohibited. The waves there are such that it is dangerous even for good swimmers to swim away from the shore. When a week later we sort of got used to diving under them, I was hit by a wave on the top of my head so that my head ached.
The spa at the hotel is decent, in the evening you can go to the saunas and jacuzzi for free. The fitness room has all the necessary equipment, the latest modifications. Squirrels are worn on the territory of the hotel, which can be fed practically from hands.
The cuisine is good, except for spicy dishes that are simply inedible. But you can always take a tuk-tuk to the nearest shop-market-brothel for groceries and cheap drinks. Although there is outside the hotel, we were afraid. A bottle of champagne in our room cost $ 180, and in the city $ 18. True and the quality was appropriate . .
All beaches of the island are public. Obsessive locals are constantly on duty under the walls of the hotel, offering souvenirs and "cheaper" excursions. We need to be critical of these proposals! Our trips to the turtle farm and snorkeling to the "corals" were disappointing. There are no more corals in Sri Lanka. There are many debris, it is clear that before the tsunami there were beautiful reefs, but now everything is dead. Therefore, there are neither beautiful underwater landscapes, nor that many fish, as in the Maldives.
And mosquitoes! Having recklessly opened the balcony on the first evening, we toiled for several days afterwards, although the raptor was constantly turned on in the room and we even rubbed ourselves with mosquito. In the Maldives, this problem simply does not exist.
The entertainment program consisted of 1 short funny concert of local dancers.
So in this hotel it is good to engage in a "home" hobby such as drawing, or stupidly lie in the sun with a book. For those who like to swim with a mask, there are the Maldives, which are commensurate with Fortress in terms of money. And you won’t be able to admire the white sand and emerald water here - the sand is red, fine, constantly raised by waves.
The ideal option is a combined tour-excursions in Sri Lanka + a beach holiday in the Maldives. I think the flight to the Maldives will take no more time than the road from the center of the country to Fortress.
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