Category Archives: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka day 30 – Tissa to Goyambokka, Tangalle

Posted on Thursday, 12 May 2011 by Hattie

Travellers Home, in Tissa has been a great disappointment. We have grown use to the lack of maintainance and low-level grubbiness of budget guest houses in Sri Lanka; dirty walls in the bedrooms, grimy bathroom tiles and sinks that could … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka day 29 – Tissamaharama

Posted on Wednesday, 11 May 2011 by Hattie

We have come to Tissa specifically to visit Yala National Park. The town itself is quite pleasant, surrounded by paddy fields and dominated by a huge white dagoba, but for tourists it is primarily a base for picking up tours … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka day 28 – Arugam Bay to Tissamaharama

Posted on Tuesday, 10 May 2011 by Hattie

What a mare of a journey! The most direct route from Arugam Bay to Tissa would be down the coast south but for the fact that the road stops at Yala East Natonal Park. The whole Yala National Park complex … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka day 27 – Arugam Bay

Posted on Monday, 09 May 2011 by Hattie

We had intended to leave Arugam Bay today and head for Tissa in the south, but after my complete wipe out yesterday we are staying another day to chill and recuperate. Today I brave the waves for my first swim, … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka day 26 – Arugam Bay

Posted on Sunday, 08 May 2011 by Hattie

We take a tuk tuk and spend half a day exploring the coast as far as Okanda, taking a detour at Panama into Lahugala National Park. Okanda is about as far south as you can go before coming to Yala … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka day 25 – Arugam Bay

Posted on Saturday, 07 May 2011 by Hattie

Arugam Bay is definitely work-in-progress. Hit hard by the tsunami in 2004, much has been rebuilt, with tight restrictions which prevent development within 10 metres of the beach. There is still evidence of the devastation wrought by the tsunami; the … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka day 24 – Arugam Bay

Posted on Friday, 06 May 2011 by Hattie

A stroll along this golden beach flecked with black sand, lunch at Lucky’s on their raised,palm thatched dining terrace overlooking the sea. This is definitely the best food we have found in Arugam Bay, by a long way. The prawn … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka day 23 – Ella to Arugam Bay

Posted on Thursday, 05 May 2011 by Hattie

The bus journey from Ella to Arugam Bay involves a change at Moneragala and takes 5-and-a-half hours, all for a mere 500 rupees or 2.75 pounds for the two of us. Good value even if we do have to stand … Continue reading →

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Sri Lankaday 22 – Ella

Posted on Wednesday, 04 May 2011 by Hattie

A short tuk-tuk drive away from Ella village is a cave up in the hills, a rock temple and Rawana Falls, the latter right on the roadside and attracting enough people to make it worthwhile for the locals to have … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka day 21 – Ella

Posted on Tuesday, 03 May 2011 by Hattie

Ella For those who cannot face the challenge of Adam’s Peak (2242m) with its 8000 or so steps to the top, there is always Little Adam’s Peak in Ella.  It may be considerably smaller but it is much gentler on … Continue reading →

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