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Travel to Sri Lanka
relaxing holiday, for couples, without children and not for young people
+ exotic
+ quiet, calm, few Russian drunk tourists
+ always warm, and very warm ocean
- no Russian-speaking attendants
-the ocean in the southeast is not suitable just for swimming, only jumping on the waves
- it is better not to go outside the hotel
Flight
from Moscow to fly 9 hours (there - at night, back - during the day). 2 times feed. It is normal to transfer the flight if it is loaded with books, a tablet and a movie.
Meeting: Tez tour meets with his sign, tell where to change money (and in this country apparently you can change it only at the airport !!! ), where to buy a SIM card (11 rupees a minute to Moscow, put at least 1000-1500 rupees). Drive to the hotel without traffic jams 2 hours. with traffic jams and arrivals at all hotels on the road for 4-5 hours. Those. by lunchtime you will be in it.
Hotel
not a single Russian speaking staff. stock up on a phrasebook in English or learn the language. without him there is nothing to do. You will be offered a delicious drink made from herbs and fill out a questionnaire in which in no case do not write contact details, as they will be transferred to local beach-boys. if possible, you can shower in a deluxe room for $ 20 per night. The deluxe has a large bed, plasma, refrigerator, hair dryer, shower and bath. As well as a kettle, thermos and tea and coffee. Cleaned in the morning, not very much. In the evening, only the canopy over the bed is straightened. With the change of towels, we were generally confused. we ended up with only one large towel and a bunch of dirty little ones. They serve (if half board) a breakfast of delicious pancakes, hot sausages, hard-boiled eggs and a bunch of buns (a meager buffet). And in the evening you can go to the Ayurvedic dining room (where breakfast is) and eat non-edible semi-boiled potatoes in green sauce and beans or walk to a restaurant near the ocean and eat normal European cuisine. The choice is not big but every day different dishes. and our boiled potatoes with onions even have many different interesting salads and desserts. But not a gourmet and you won’t clear up. This is not Turkey for you. The bill includes tea, coffee and water. Additional charge: freshly squeezed juice - 200 rupees, wine 550 rupees, beer (very tasty) 350 rupees. For lunch, you can go to the same restaurant: not bad salads for 250 rupees.
The hotel has a large warm pool, illuminated in the evening (until dinner). There is also a jacuzzi which is usually turned on in the evening. The water is very warm with a light aroma of chlorine (well, you can’t do without it). Several sun loungers nearby. We take towels and mattresses for a sun lounger from an uncle near the pool. In the evening, he collects them himself from everywhere. and can bring them to the beach in the morning. Sun loungers on the beach (enough for everyone). it's very cool to lie there, listen to the ocean, look at the palm trees and sunbathe. The main thing is not to burn out - at least use a factor of 30 or even all 50. Otherwise, a burn is guaranteed. stock up on panthenol or a good burn remedy.
3 monitor lizards still live on the territory, and chipmunks (they hide in palm trees. ) And tame monitor lizards look for crabs in the sand and eat them. very harmless animals.
Staff: I repeat only English-speaking, everyone greets, smiles. Ten times at dinner they will ask in which room you live (number) in order to know who to write out the bill to. Once a cleaner came to us to clean up and we were in the room and we had money lying on the table, which he pointed to them with a request to “Save”, he was worried about our well-being. Sometimes they left the room without closing it. And she kept the key to the room under the mattress of the sun lounger in which she lay and left it there when leaving for the ocean. Security guards walk around the territory - strangers are not allowed. In general, safety is all right.
Ocean
it's an ocean not a sea so don't count on the Cote d'Azur and snorkeling while watching the fish or the bottom. This is the element. you have to be ready for it. do not believe the tour operators who say that you can swim there. no. it's not real. BUT you will get a lot of unforgettable drains and delight from playing with the waves, jumping on them, choking and other delights of extreme "swimming". You can enjoy the ocean to the fullest just like that if you are of course ready for it. The ocean itself is clean only the waves are full of sand, just like your swimsuit after swimming in it. Sunset in the ocean is not very convenient but you can adapt. swimming is better in the morning - a calmer ocean. We were lucky for two whole days, he was almost calm. waves reached on ordinary days 1.5- to 2.3-3 meters. you can’t swim with a mattress - it will take you away. In general, it was at this time that our guide said that January is the end of February, the beginning of the most quiet ocean. And we were lucky with the weather - not a single rain, only warm, moist air from the ocean. It's time to travel here.
Excursions
I managed to go only to one, with a guide from the tour Chamila (man). He had his own program for us, a little different from the one laid down, but it was even better, we were exhausted, but there were a lot of emotions. Instead of a nursery - elephant riding (in the nursery you even have to pay for a photo, but here at least take a picture) instead of a tea factory, tea plantations and a tea shop (there a 500 gr bag costs 650 rupees and not 1200 as in the shops closest to the hotel! ). Then the Ayurveda garden where you will simply be scammed for money. Lunch at a specially selected restaurant for 950 rupees, a film and a gem museum with a store of the same (the average cost of products is 250-400 dollars). Then a botanical garden with trees with huge trunks 2 meters in diameter, which you can’t touch with monkeys, but you can take pictures) a tree that Gagarin planted and just beautiful flowers. and finally we got to Kandy. To enter the Temple of the Tooth Relic, clothing must be below the knees and the shoulders must be covered. The most interesting thing in it is the ceremony of giving food to the Buddha and the opening of the box of the Tooth, which takes place 2 times a day, and if you have a good guide, he will bring you at that time. You hardly look at the tooth, because you have to defend a huge queue, but be impressed by the Buddhism religion. On the way back we were fed a local dish - rice pancakes - very tasty.
The country is very interesting. It is necessary to go there when planning excursions and all the rest is scaring. No one will entertain you there, because this is not a tourist country at all, and we, as sources of income, intersect them in the very last place. In a hotel, you are unlikely to see super animation anywhere in Europe, so plan your evenings yourself within the hotel, and since the evening comes after 18.00 (every order! ) The evenings are long. Change money, too, all at once at the airport, as there is nowhere else to change! Of course, you can improve your vacation with the help of an entertainment program of beach fights (on the beach near Lala, the Sami are adequate), but their excursions are more expensive (tez tour - $ 35, Lalal - $ 110). Souvenirs: elephants, tea, masks, and fruits, and coconut vodka (it's better to ask a guide or a beach boy to buy it, as it is sold at a high price for tourists). For children, this holiday will not be interesting: there is no entertainment program in the hotel, only a paddling pool, there is no special food either. You can’t buy with them in the ocean either, and don’t go on an excursion where it’s only a 5-hour drive. For noisy young companies, this is also not an option: drinking is paid, a disco is only in Colombo (40 km by taxi - 40 bucks). But if you are looking for just a relaxing holiday, for the soul, bask in the sun, recharge with new experiences and hide from the winter, then this is just a paradise!
Have a nice rest !
relaxing holiday, for couples, without children and not for young people
+ exotic
+ quiet, calm, few Russian drunk tourists
+ always warm, and very warm ocean
- no Russian-speaking attendants
-the ocean in the southeast is not suitable just for swimming, only jumping on the waves
- it is better not to go outside the hotel
Flight
from Moscow to fly 9 hours (there - at night, back - during the day). 2 times feed. It is normal to transfer the flight if it is loaded with books, a tablet and a movie.
Meeting: Tez tour meets with his sign, tell where to change money (and in this country apparently you can change it only at the airport !!! ), where to buy a SIM card (11 rupees a minute to Moscow, put at least 1000-1500 rupees). Drive to the hotel without traffic jams 2 hours. with traffic jams and arrivals at all hotels on the road for 4-5 hours. Those. by lunchtime you will be in it.
Hotel
not a single Russian speaking staff. stock up on a phrasebook in English or learn the language. without him there is nothing to do. You will be offered a delicious drink made from herbs and fill out a questionnaire in which in no case do not write contact details, as they will be transferred to local beach-boys. if possible, you can shower in a deluxe room for $ 20 per night. The deluxe has a large bed, plasma, refrigerator, hair dryer, shower and bath. As well as a kettle, thermos and tea and coffee. Cleaned in the morning, not very much. In the evening, only the canopy over the bed is straightened. With the change of towels, we were generally confused. we ended up with only one large towel and a bunch of dirty little ones. They serve (if half board) a breakfast of delicious pancakes, hot sausages, hard-boiled eggs and a bunch of buns (a meager buffet). And in the evening you can go to the Ayurvedic dining room (where breakfast is) and eat non-edible semi-boiled potatoes in green sauce and beans or walk to a restaurant near the ocean and eat normal European cuisine. The choice is not big but every day different dishes. and our boiled potatoes with onions even have many different interesting salads and desserts. But not a gourmet and you won’t clear up. This is not Turkey for you. The bill includes tea, coffee and water. Additional charge: freshly squeezed juice - 200 rupees, wine 550 rupees, beer (very tasty) 350 rupees. For lunch, you can go to the same restaurant: not bad salads for 250 rupees.
The hotel has a large warm pool, illuminated in the evening (until dinner). There is also a jacuzzi which is usually turned on in the evening. The water is very warm with a light aroma of chlorine (well, you can’t do without it). Several sun loungers nearby. We take towels and mattresses for a sun lounger from an uncle near the pool. In the evening, he collects them himself from everywhere. and can bring them to the beach in the morning. Sun loungers on the beach (enough for everyone). it's very cool to lie there, listen to the ocean, look at the palm trees and sunbathe. The main thing is not to burn out - at least use a factor of 30 or even all 50. Otherwise, a burn is guaranteed. stock up on panthenol or a good burn remedy.
3 monitor lizards still live on the territory, and chipmunks (they hide in palm trees. ) And tame monitor lizards look for crabs in the sand and eat them. very harmless animals.
Staff: I repeat only English-speaking, everyone greets, smiles. Ten times at dinner they will ask in which room you live (number) in order to know who to write out the bill to. Once a cleaner came to us to clean up and we were in the room and we had money lying on the table, which he pointed to them with a request to “Save”, he was worried about our well-being. Sometimes they left the room without closing it. And she kept the key to the room under the mattress of the sun lounger in which she lay and left it there when leaving for the ocean. Security guards walk around the territory - strangers are not allowed. In general, safety is all right.
Ocean
it's an ocean not a sea so don't count on the Cote d'Azur and snorkeling while watching the fish or the bottom. This is the element. you have to be ready for it. do not believe the tour operators who say that you can swim there. no. it's not real. BUT you will get a lot of unforgettable drains and delight from playing with the waves, jumping on them, choking and other delights of extreme "swimming". You can enjoy the ocean to the fullest just like that if you are of course ready for it. The ocean itself is clean only the waves are full of sand, just like your swimsuit after swimming in it. Sunset in the ocean is not very convenient but you can adapt. swimming is better in the morning - a calmer ocean. We were lucky for two whole days, he was almost calm. waves reached on ordinary days 1.5- to 2.3-3 meters. you can’t swim with a mattress - it will take you away. In general, it was at this time that our guide said that January is the end of February, the beginning of the most quiet ocean. And we were lucky with the weather - not a single rain, only warm, moist air from the ocean. It's time to travel here.
Excursions
I managed to go only to one, with a guide from the tour Chamila (man). He had his own program for us, a little different from the one laid down, but it was even better, we were exhausted, but there were a lot of emotions. Instead of a nursery - elephant riding (in the nursery you even have to pay for a photo, but here at least take a picture) instead of a tea factory, tea plantations and a tea shop (there a 500 gr bag costs 650 rupees and not 1200 as in the shops closest to the hotel! ). Then the Ayurveda garden where you will simply be scammed for money. Lunch at a specially selected restaurant for 950 rupees, a film and a gem museum with a store of the same (the average cost of products is 250-400 dollars). Then a botanical garden with trees with huge trunks 2 meters in diameter, which you can’t touch with monkeys, but you can take pictures) a tree that Gagarin planted and just beautiful flowers. and finally we got to Kandy. To enter the Temple of the Tooth Relic, clothing must be below the knees and the shoulders must be covered. The most interesting thing in it is the ceremony of giving food to the Buddha and the opening of the box of the Tooth, which takes place 2 times a day, and if you have a good guide, he will bring you at that time. You hardly look at the tooth, because you have to defend a huge queue, but be impressed by the Buddhism religion. On the way back we were fed a local dish - rice pancakes - very tasty.
The country is very interesting. It is necessary to go there when planning excursions and all the rest is scaring. No one will entertain you there, because this is not a tourist country at all, and we, as sources of income, intersect them in the very last place. In a hotel, you are unlikely to see super animation anywhere in Europe, so plan your evenings yourself within the hotel, and since the evening comes after 18.00 (every order! ) The evenings are long. Change money, too, all at once at the airport, as there is nowhere else to change! Of course, you can improve your vacation with the help of an entertainment program of beach fights (on the beach near Lala, the Sami are adequate), but their excursions are more expensive (tez tour - $ 35, Lalal - $ 110). Souvenirs: elephants, tea, masks, and fruits, and coconut vodka (it's better to ask a guide or a beach boy to buy it, as it is sold at a high price for tourists). For children, this holiday will not be interesting: there is no entertainment program in the hotel, only a paddling pool, there is no special food either. You can’t buy with them in the ocean either, and don’t go on an excursion where it’s only a 5-hour drive. For noisy young companies, this is also not an option: drinking is paid, a disco is only in Colombo (40 km by taxi - 40 bucks). But if you are looking for just a relaxing holiday, for the soul, bask in the sun, recharge with new experiences and hide from the winter, then this is just a paradise!
Have a nice rest !
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