Exotic vacation ***

Written: 2 july 2012
Travel time: 13 — 23 may 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 5.0
Cleanliness: 5.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 6.0
AYUBOVAN! Hello, good afternoon! ! ! ! ! Rested in May, I wanted to immediately write reviews about the hotel, say all the pros and cons, but it's been a few hours and I still want to start with the positive - Sri Lankans are very nice people, nature and the ocean is just great, coconut juice every day on the coast. uninhabited wide beaches, clean sand, splashes of the ocean - they all make up for it, because we came to rest, not to sit in a hotel and eat ...who like to postpone flights. We flew Air Arabia - it's great planes and respectable staff, no complaints. We flew with a child, you can take with you on the plane juices, water, baked goods, of course, ordered food, tea on the plane, you can even pre-order a menu online.
At Colombo Airport you are met by a representative of Exotic Travel (we had a guide Nadish), change to a bus, then on the way to the hotel (it is about 120 km in 4-5 years) he will tell you about Sri Lanka, you can ask any questions you interested.
Check-in at the hotel is like lucky: my friends were accommodated in 126, very damp room, they did not spend the night there, asked for another room, it was difficult, but the next day they changed the room. We were more fortunate - room 134, two-storey bungalow. The air conditioner worked, cleaned every day, decorated the bed with flowers, left water, tea, coffee. . Our rhumboy Tarasika did a good job of leaving a tip of $ 1 or 100 rupees. Now about the ocean - it is very strong and powerful, do not joke with it, do not go far, because it just drags on and on.

It is necessary to swim not near the hotel, because there are rocks and reefs, you can get injured, but 100 m from the hotel, where Chaminda is watching tourists, you can hide under the palm trees from the sun. the evening is very stormy, be careful, once I was stung by a jellyfish (such blue-violet with long tentacles) are very poisonous, I still treated burns at home, to this day there is a trace.
Meals: buffet breakfast, monotonous, but you will not be hungry. And the evening variety: a lot of rice, vegetables, chicken or fish, and delicious desserts. . Lunch can be ordered at the Restaurant for $ 10. portion of large shrimp with rice, salad. Beer at the bar 300 rupees (in the store 150) or ask for beachboys, they will bring for 200. In the market you can buy a lot of fruit, try mangosteen, sauce, lychee ..... , mangoes are very sweet and juicy.
You can still write a lot, but it is better to go and try and feel everything yourself.
And now about the shortcomings: the hotel is "weak", not yet fully restored after the tsunami, some rooms are closed, in the bathrooms live huge cockroaches at the airport in Colombo on luggage control also saw them), the air in the rooms is very humid, the climate is very humid, the territory of the hotel no garbage, old sunbeds by the pool, mattresses and towels as well, no animation, or once every 10 days, a little boring, you have to go to the city, because in Kosgoda there is nowhere to go ...But with all the disadvantages tune in to a good rest and ignore all the bad ones. If you want comfort, look for the best hotel, or go to Egypt or Turkey. Write and ask questions, I will answer.
If you ask me if I'm going to Sri Lanka, definitely "YES" Have a nice holiday ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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