Наш отдых на Шри-Ланке Our holiday in Sri Lanka

Our trip started with a good mood and great company. We chose the hotel for a long time, taking into account the location, service, while we easily found a photo of the hotel on the Internet (good, a lot of greenery, rooms, a restaurant, a beach), but with a review it was harder, well, believing our travel agent agreed to this hotel. Arriving on March 8 at 05.00 in the morning at our Ceysands hotel, our company was in a good mood and the feeling of a holiday quickly disappeared, we were SHOCKED!! ! By our faces, the manager realized that we would not be late, the time difference forced us to settle in the hotel. So, imagine a sanatorium built in the 70s and without repair until 2010, surrounded by a fence (mesh), where the greenery has gone, the situation in the rooms is terrible, the bed from the air conditioner is wet, the towel with a terrible smell (the problem of most hotels) : (, breakfast / dinner buffet choice 0 in the morning rice / in the evening pasta, no fruit, you have to ask for water, staff can eat at the next table. And yet we spent 1 day in this hotel, while the tour operator (without enthusiasm) decided our resettlement, the holiday on March 8 for us (4 girls) was ruined! The only thing that can be said about this hotel: the staff is friendly, friendly (although sometimes stupid of course) a monitor lizard walks around the territory and squirrels eat nuts from their hands. And also on the beach, the local guide offers (inexpensive and without cheating) a tour of Sri Lanka (name is Monty) a good, decent guy is always ready to help, many thanks to him! And on March 9 we were transferred to another Coral Gardens hotel (Hikkaduwa), and here our vacation began: ) a good hotel, during the day you can walk along the beach or the street, food is a great choice, the only thing is a lot of crows that steal food if you eat on the street: ) (locals like to celebrate weddings in the hotel). Well, sadly, our vacation was coming to an end, and on 17 we decide to stay until 25 (it seemed a little 11 days), we ourselves chose the Serendib otel 3 * $ 63 per person All inc, finally the towel smells, green lawns, every morning on the beach you can ride an elephant $ 8-10 photo with a monkey, local souvenirs (bargaining is mandatory), the only thing we had to buy a new air ticket was $ 450, if we suddenly decide to visit Sri Lanka again now without the services of a tour operator, it’s much cheaper. Summing up, if you are going to Sri Lanka, be prepared: most of the vacationers are Germans, Czechs and only All inc (except excursion days) otherwise splurge on drinks in the store for local water 20 rupees for a vacation. 50 rupees, is there a doctor in the hotels (if not, the call is $ 40), sometimes the staff does not want to hear you at all (ignores) but at the same time it waits for a tip almost with outstretched hand and it is annoying. And if you decide to go, go, everyone finds something for himself, once you can visit, but in no case do not compare with India or Thailand. Good luck and have a good rest!! !