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Rooms:
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Service:
8.0
Cleanliness:
7.0
Food:
8.0
Amenities:
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FLIGHT
There is no food or drink on the planes : -) If the departure from your city is delayed slightly (no more than an hour), then do not worry - when transferring to Dubai, the next plane will be delayed so that passengers have time. When we arrived, the exchange rate was 124 rupees per dollar. A week before, 128 rupees per dollar, a week after arrival, 129 rupees per dollar.
ROAD TO THE HOTEL
The highway has already been put into operation and we traveled only 3 hours to Unawatuna in a separate air-conditioned bus. We were 3 people. But if there were a lot, then we would have to go through all the settlements and hotels and it would be much longer - 5-6 hours, since Unawatuna is almost the final destination. That is, if you bought a tour, then you can’t predict the travel time - how lucky.
HOTEL
On the map (Vacation site), the hotel is marked completely wrong. It is much closer to the ocean, without any road crossings. Settled in the simplest room overlooking the basketball court. I did not want to change, because the number is only needed to sleep. Even in the simplest rooms (superior rooms) there is a safe, a refrigerator, a kettle, cups, tea, coffee, sugar, 2-3 bottles of water, a hairdryer, towels (separate beach towels), shampoo, shower gel, cream, soap, TV. Mini bar for a fee. Immediately ask to show how the safe works and how to connect sockets - there are differences from other hotels. I left 100 rupees or 1 dollar every day and rumba tried very hard - he did not forget to renew tea, coffee, sugar, cosmetics, water, not to mention cleanliness. The staff at the hotel are wonderful. They treat everyone like their favorite customer. If there are any problems, they respond immediately. At the same time, there is not even a hint of a tip - they just help with a smile. This is a huge difference from, for example, Egypt. But the hotel itself is very weak. There is no territory at all. Road-hotel-beach. At first I was upset - there is no beauty. And then I found beauty around in other places and calmed down. On the territory near the hotel I met lizards, chipmunks, monkeys, a harmless snake, a small monitor lizard
FOOD
The hotel is very diverse - suitable for everyone - and small and large have something to choose from. Lunch and dinner are much more expensive than in restaurants on the beach - lunch 1780 rupees, dinner 1500 rupees. In restaurants you can eat from 590 rupees. You can of course and cheaper, but it's not interesting. A chic crab with rice and a delicious salad cost 1.000 rupees. Mostly ate in Lucky Tun - inexpensive, tasty, fast. The rest - either more expensive, or go further, or did not like it. But for the sake of the crab, of course, I had to walk, since there was no Lucky Tun.
BEACH. OCEAN
10-20 meters from the hotel. Removed daily. Sunbeds, umbrellas are new, comfortable, always in abundance. The ocean is amazing. Sunset in the sea near the hotel is steep and the waves interfere. Therefore, having jumped on the waves, I walked 200-300 m to the left - there you can calmly stay in the water for hours. Water 28 degrees. You have to go here for the ocean!!!
DIVING
Negotiate about the price. Very weak in May. Visibility the first time was 10 m, the second time in general 3-5 meters. In addition to beautiful multi-colored fish, I saw a trigger (from which the instructor began to pull very quickly), a huge turtle (did not catch up : -), two different stingrays - large and small. Slowly the corals are starting to grow. Beautiful blue, yellow, orange.
EXCURSIONS
Be prepared that everyone will try to swindle for money, so check the information in several places and bargain. However, soberly evaluate the services. For example, I was very strongly persuaded to take a tuk-tuk tour to Sinharaja - this is complete nonsense. You can ride a tuk tuk only for short distances - a turtle farm, a spice garden, Galle.
Sinharaja - $55, air-conditioned bus. We left at 5 o'clock in the morning. Crazy roads, and then the beauty is indescribable. Everyone was afraid of leeches - they met only 3 out of 7 people. Two just crawled. One managed to bite into the girl - no pain, no two-hour bleeding. Just a little blood oozes out and a small red circle-wound remains, which will heal quickly. The waterfall is beautiful. Dracaena six meters. A chameleon, a huge black squirrel (about like our very big cat) - it was not possible to take a picture - the dogs scared away. It was very hard to go back - the heat was unbearable (note those who cannot stand the heat).
During this excursion, I once again received a life lesson - 100 dollars were stolen from a locked bus. At the same time, they left 80 dollars. These are the "fair" thieves - they don't take away the last : -)
I read that they steal in hotels and decided to take dollars with me on an excursion (and the payment had to be paid for the next excursion) - the naive thought that money would not be lost from a locked bus with a driver. In response to my claims, the driver was very offended, said that he was a Muslim and stealing was a sin for him. The guide also began to ask - maybe I forgot. In short, nothing has been proven. Be smart - do not leave money even in guarded and locked buses. It was because of the theft that she canceled a trip to Yalla Park. I had to go with this driver. And it was too late to look for others.
Turtle farm - tuk-tuk 700 rupees, entrance 400 rupees. 4 swimming pools 2x3 meters. Turtles crawled out of the sand - I was allowed to collect them and throw them into the pool. Large turtles ironed all. She carried the little ones in her arms. I really liked it.
SPICE GARDEN
An employee in fairly good Russian conducts a tour for free. But then he breeds for the purchase of various oils, spices, etc. Near the garden, boats ride on the river. They promised to show me monitor lizards and crocodiles (they divorced me for 2000 rupees) - there are no monitor lizards or crocodiles there. It doesn't cost 2.000 rupees just to ride a motorboat.
SHOPPING
Pineapple - 150 rupees, bananas 150 rupees, soursop 200 rupees, carom 7 pieces 100 rupees. The clothes are complete nonsense. And I was too lazy to go to the big stores. There are a lot of jewelry, but I can’t say about the quality. Tea - only one shop with good tea and a little expensive. The rest - packaged, do not understand which one.
BEST EXPERIENCES - OCEAN, hotel and restaurant staff, turtle farm, Sinharaja.
There is no food or drink on the planes : -) If the departure from your city is delayed slightly (no more than an hour), then do not worry - when transferring to Dubai, the next plane will be delayed so that passengers have time. When we arrived, the exchange rate was 124 rupees per dollar. A week before, 128 rupees per dollar, a week after arrival, 129 rupees per dollar.
ROAD TO THE HOTEL
The highway has already been put into operation and we traveled only 3 hours to Unawatuna in a separate air-conditioned bus. We were 3 people. But if there were a lot, then we would have to go through all the settlements and hotels and it would be much longer - 5-6 hours, since Unawatuna is almost the final destination. That is, if you bought a tour, then you can’t predict the travel time - how lucky.
HOTEL
On the map (Vacation site), the hotel is marked completely wrong. It is much closer to the ocean, without any road crossings. Settled in the simplest room overlooking the basketball court. I did not want to change, because the number is only needed to sleep. Even in the simplest rooms (superior rooms) there is a safe, a refrigerator, a kettle, cups, tea, coffee, sugar, 2-3 bottles of water, a hairdryer, towels (separate beach towels), shampoo, shower gel, cream, soap, TV. Mini bar for a fee. Immediately ask to show how the safe works and how to connect sockets - there are differences from other hotels. I left 100 rupees or 1 dollar every day and rumba tried very hard - he did not forget to renew tea, coffee, sugar, cosmetics, water, not to mention cleanliness. The staff at the hotel are wonderful. They treat everyone like their favorite customer. If there are any problems, they respond immediately. At the same time, there is not even a hint of a tip - they just help with a smile. This is a huge difference from, for example, Egypt. But the hotel itself is very weak. There is no territory at all. Road-hotel-beach. At first I was upset - there is no beauty. And then I found beauty around in other places and calmed down. On the territory near the hotel I met lizards, chipmunks, monkeys, a harmless snake, a small monitor lizard
FOOD
The hotel is very diverse - suitable for everyone - and small and large have something to choose from. Lunch and dinner are much more expensive than in restaurants on the beach - lunch 1780 rupees, dinner 1500 rupees. In restaurants you can eat from 590 rupees. You can of course and cheaper, but it's not interesting. A chic crab with rice and a delicious salad cost 1.000 rupees. Mostly ate in Lucky Tun - inexpensive, tasty, fast. The rest - either more expensive, or go further, or did not like it. But for the sake of the crab, of course, I had to walk, since there was no Lucky Tun.
BEACH. OCEAN
10-20 meters from the hotel. Removed daily. Sunbeds, umbrellas are new, comfortable, always in abundance. The ocean is amazing. Sunset in the sea near the hotel is steep and the waves interfere. Therefore, having jumped on the waves, I walked 200-300 m to the left - there you can calmly stay in the water for hours. Water 28 degrees. You have to go here for the ocean!!!
DIVING
Negotiate about the price. Very weak in May. Visibility the first time was 10 m, the second time in general 3-5 meters. In addition to beautiful multi-colored fish, I saw a trigger (from which the instructor began to pull very quickly), a huge turtle (did not catch up : -), two different stingrays - large and small. Slowly the corals are starting to grow. Beautiful blue, yellow, orange.
EXCURSIONS
Be prepared that everyone will try to swindle for money, so check the information in several places and bargain. However, soberly evaluate the services. For example, I was very strongly persuaded to take a tuk-tuk tour to Sinharaja - this is complete nonsense. You can ride a tuk tuk only for short distances - a turtle farm, a spice garden, Galle.
Sinharaja - $55, air-conditioned bus. We left at 5 o'clock in the morning. Crazy roads, and then the beauty is indescribable. Everyone was afraid of leeches - they met only 3 out of 7 people. Two just crawled. One managed to bite into the girl - no pain, no two-hour bleeding. Just a little blood oozes out and a small red circle-wound remains, which will heal quickly. The waterfall is beautiful. Dracaena six meters. A chameleon, a huge black squirrel (about like our very big cat) - it was not possible to take a picture - the dogs scared away. It was very hard to go back - the heat was unbearable (note those who cannot stand the heat).
During this excursion, I once again received a life lesson - 100 dollars were stolen from a locked bus. At the same time, they left 80 dollars. These are the "fair" thieves - they don't take away the last : -)
I read that they steal in hotels and decided to take dollars with me on an excursion (and the payment had to be paid for the next excursion) - the naive thought that money would not be lost from a locked bus with a driver. In response to my claims, the driver was very offended, said that he was a Muslim and stealing was a sin for him. The guide also began to ask - maybe I forgot. In short, nothing has been proven. Be smart - do not leave money even in guarded and locked buses. It was because of the theft that she canceled a trip to Yalla Park. I had to go with this driver. And it was too late to look for others.
Turtle farm - tuk-tuk 700 rupees, entrance 400 rupees. 4 swimming pools 2x3 meters. Turtles crawled out of the sand - I was allowed to collect them and throw them into the pool. Large turtles ironed all. She carried the little ones in her arms. I really liked it.
SPICE GARDEN
An employee in fairly good Russian conducts a tour for free. But then he breeds for the purchase of various oils, spices, etc. Near the garden, boats ride on the river. They promised to show me monitor lizards and crocodiles (they divorced me for 2000 rupees) - there are no monitor lizards or crocodiles there. It doesn't cost 2.000 rupees just to ride a motorboat.
SHOPPING
Pineapple - 150 rupees, bananas 150 rupees, soursop 200 rupees, carom 7 pieces 100 rupees. The clothes are complete nonsense. And I was too lazy to go to the big stores. There are a lot of jewelry, but I can’t say about the quality. Tea - only one shop with good tea and a little expensive. The rest - packaged, do not understand which one.
BEST EXPERIENCES - OCEAN, hotel and restaurant staff, turtle farm, Sinharaja.
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