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Unawatuna Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Unawatuna, Sri Lanka
Sunning and sweating in Sri Lanka
... SriLanka." BBC country profile here OVERVIEW | FACTS | LEADERS | MEDIA Full name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Population: 19.4 million (UN, 2005) Capital: Colombo (commercial), Sri Jayawardenepura (administrative) Largest ...
Best Vego food ever
... feel better. The Chef/Owner had returned from a few years working in the UK and had started his own Restauraunt back in Sri Lanka, his philosophy about cooking was great and he was a really positive man. We got some Nacho's and Enchilidas, ...
Lanka Time
... and Lanka that.... We saw everything from Lanka Lubricants to Lanka Women (magazine) to Lanka Fuel, to Lankem Rubber Products. Anyway... Sri Lanka: Amazing. It is the size of San Diego and Orange county put together (or Ireland for our ...
Peaceful Unawatuna
... one as we couldn't fit our packs in with the subs and speakers a few of the tuk tuk's have in the back. We got into Unawatuna after a couple of hours and after arguments with more tuk tuk drivers. We settled into a place called the Full Moon resort, ...
Im off again
... young girl who I photograph and she leaves after thanking me in great English but comes running bavck and pleads"Please come back to Sri Lanka-please"The genuiness overwhelms me and I tell her I will and I will send her the picture.Her fther scrawls the ...
Cooking and last minute things
We are nearing the end of our stay in Sri Lanka, and are concerned about not fitting in everything we want to do! Eliza and Baz went into Galle this morning in a tuk tuk with Neil to find out about the train times tomorrow. This was their first tuk ...
Three Lions Fail to Roar
Thursday was my earliest start yet. 1.30am to be precise, as my alarm woke me to watch England vs. Croatia in my hotel room on India-based Star TV. It seemed a bit surreal watching the match live at such an unusual hour, and the sense of ...
Scuba-watuna
... emails advising of our arrival and asking for a specific instructor I had been told about, but when we were met at the Unawatuna Diving Center they seemed to have no recollection of us. Nevertheless, the instructor available was the one I wanted, Indiga, ...
After the Tsunami
... south-east to the ever expanding village of Unawatuna (Una-what-una), my base for the next 4 nights. Unawatuna is now firmly established as Sri Lanka's most popular resort for independent travellers. Set snugly in a pretty semi-circular bay, ...
Saree Sisters on Tour in Sri Lanka
My Bollywood tales continue, this time in Sri Lanka! On Christmas day, while enjoying our turkey dinner, and mingling with the 49 other guests at my friend Alison's dinner party, her friend Linda suggested we take part in ...
Unatawuna
... nbsp; I was considering continuing along the coast to a couple more towns that seem somewhat interesting, but seeing as I only have one month in Sri Lanka, I don't have too much time to just wander. I hope you are well. peace, ...
Southwest Leg Of Sri Lanka
Great beaches, great surf, great food. For Mo and I it was our favourite local cuisine and that is saying alot because we loved the food in India. The locals on the coast are easy going and that includes the shop owners and beach sellers. And if you stay ...
Addicted
... I forgot my iphone and have no pictures to put up...... Anyhow, it was lovely. They're such astounding little creatures!! Get to Unawatuna, I book my room at SurfCity, dive central and chill out at the beach. Meet new great people and enjoy the sights. ...
The Lovely Laguna of Unawatuna
We flew from Bangalore to Colombo, Sri Lanka, and we were stunned to see that at the duty free stores in the airport, they sell things like washing machines and Macintosh computers. "Who goes to the airport to buy a washing ...
Leaving paradise
... had my last rice & curry today & now looking forward to pad thai & green chicken curry! I will say one thing though.........I'll definitely come back to Sri Lanka at some point. It's such a magical place & really gets under your ...
The jungle beach
... com prioridade para as mulheres; As saudades que eu já tinha de uma boa condução pelo lado direito. No Sri Lanka originalmente a condução é “à inglesa”, pelo lado esquerdo da estrada. Excepto se for um autocarro público ou uma ...
The fisherman Sunil
Its early and the sun still has its hazy red glow. I take the short walk along the quiet, cool and sandy path that leads to the sheltered northern side of the bay. The locals greet you with a familiar kindness, occasionally attempting to ply ...
A long, long trip to Unawatuna
... made way to suburbs, then farms and eventually raw countryside, the scenery became incrementally more lush and beautiful. This was the real Sri Lanka, a place I had been aching to see and hike through, of which we were able to do just a small bit while ...
Galle Fort
... Galle - pretty dramatic stuff. The Galle cricket ground was badly damaged, but today we saw a game there between the England and Sri Lanka under 19 teams. Next time we are in Sri Lanka we will stay in the Fort for a while - and learn some ...
Portugal in Sri Lanka
... os barões assinalados Que, da ocidental praia lusitana, Por mares nunca de antes navegados Passaram ainda além da Taprobana... A Taprobana... Sri Lanka...onde os portugueses chegaram há quase cinco séculos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka)! Os ...
Jungle beach
... which meanders down hill through thick rainforest. It feels good to be free from the shops, tuktuks and bussle of Unawatuna. The beach features two idyllic bays and a small beach hut restaurant which is surrounded by rainforest. ...
Unnawatuna
... we pick a shack called Vimal's ( next to Little Villa and a shack called Peacock) which had the best food in Unawatuna as far as I'm concerned. Excellent service as well. Here a geriatric German latched on to us and flirted with us outrageously.. or ...
Unawatuna cont...
... saw one while snorkling over the reef). After that we went to a semi fresh/salt water lake that was very unlike the rest of Sri Lanka we had seen. It was so peaceful there as we got ferried round on cat-a-marang boat to the differnt Islands. People ...
Going Troppo
... morning to wake up to, with lily pads in the lake and a buffalo and many colourful birds to watch. Like everywhere else in Sri Lanka so far, we would happily have spent many days here. It is the first time our fruit breakfast has offered lime ...
Le boulot me manque....
... . Puis sommes alles dans un bar ou on est allonges sur des coussins a ecouter du reggae et boire des mojitos, mes premiers au Sri Lanka! Rentre vers 23h30, lecture et dodo. Reveil ce matin vers 9h, sous le soleil, prends direct un bus local a 9 ...
Ben pas mieux...
... , une plage paradisiaque et quasiment deserte, mais vu le temps je vais me faire chier grave.. Decide donc d'aller avec Andreas a Unawatuna, un endroit plus touristique et donc evc plus de vie, en esperant que la meteo sera meilleure... J'en doute mais ...
Little Sunshine
... beau d'interieur avec vieux meubles, piscine, orchidees, la classe quoi. Parle un peu avec les hommes de menage, tres sympas. Reviens a Unawatuna par bus local pour 20 roupies, aide par un vieux monsieur pour trouver le bon bus. Il a fait beau et chaud ...
beach break
... sit down. In the afternoon I met up with a girl I met when I first travelled to Wasgamuwa. She is living in Sri Lanka with her boyfriend. We went to the wonderful Barefoot shop in Bambalapitya and then back to her flat, where I was treated to views ...
This is what paradise must be like!!
... at home here & if I came back I'd help out Emily in her restaurant & get free food! Excellent!! Anyway, next time I write I'll be in Thailand!!! As they say in Sri Lanka (in sinhala) - hari hari okumar hari (ok, ok, everything's ...