Saman Villas Bentota

... they weren't releasing any hatchlings today! The gentleman that runs the place is doing some really good work and diverting turtle eggs from dinner plates as he buy's them all up from the market at a slightly higher price

He took over the hatchery from his father who passed away in the Tsunami along with his Sister, Wife and three children.

A really big storm started to close in after we had finished up and we ...

Best time to travel to Sri Lanka is all over the year depending on your requirement. Example if you want to have some rest in sandy beaches in Westerna and Southern part of coastal belt you would have to come from October to April, if you want such in Eastern coastal belt you have to come in from May to September.

Galle, Sri Lanka sirilaka

... attended my third kick-boxing aerobics class. I seem to be getting the hang of the kicking bits – so managed to execute a few without falling over. Our teacher is very creative with his floor exercises and this week had us lying around using a Swiss ball for exercises. I have never been good at managing spherical objectives and these Swiss ball things are no exception. Firstly he had us lying on them – our legs lying on them - whilst ...

we stayed at Royal Palms Beach hotel. It is a nice place, we were very happy with hotel. there are many shopping placess near the hotel. We want to buy some jewellery there. We visit more shops but its very defecult to find the place what we need to buy? some shops tell us very expensive price, some are selling synthetic stones and bad quality items. However we found the right place. it is a FREEDOM ...

... had been affected.

Bentota itself was a nice beach, but mostly aimed at rich people! Tons of big expensive resorts. We sat in one of them to have a drink before heading back to our scummy cheapy. While we ate dinner we were accompanied by 2 whining cats. We tried feeding them a chilli, but that didn't go down well, so we ended up giving them our chicken bones just to keep them quiet!

... just taken another wicket! Optimism was high, with not long before the end of the day we thought they might be able to get them all out by the end of play. But Sri Lanka managed to hold out without losing any more, so we went to watch the sun set and went to find a restaurant for dinner. The next day I said goodbye to my friends and left for the station to get the train back to Colombo where I had managed to book the Galle Face Hotel for my last night. After nearly bankrupting ...

... It was seriously huge! Rob had seen it the night before in his room and was telling me and Nat about how big it was and of course we laughed at him and told him not to be a drama queen so we were both called upon to witness it. And honestly, it was the size of a cat. Was grateful to find that my huge fear of leeches didn't extend to include rats. Rob on the other hand... Right, will sign off for the moment and try to remember my photos later in the week. Lots of love xxx

... at me leaving and nearly got the rest of us going, well me anyway. There was zero traffic on the road and we got to Jalandhar in half an hour, I got on Harayana Roadways bus that left Jalandhar at 6.30am, it was a complete piece of ***** - but that's no surprise. We stopped off at Karnal for a break and This total stranger start talking to me, asking me if I was from England and if I had been here for a wedding, it ...

... only the 5th higest in sri lanka. over 4800 steps climbed, in other books it,s more! wot ever th books say there lying *******s! ha,ha. here i climbed the mountain by night to see sunrise as there is a natraul phenomena as dawn breaks it creats a shadow of the peak in front almost suspended in space right in front of the mountain, weired. when i left the hotel in the middle of the ...

19th Dec 2000 We left Colombo on the 19th at Midnight, of course it was my first long distance Journey and i was a bit nervous understandably. We arrived in Singapore where had a 12hr transit. We checked into one of the Airport Hotels which was not bad. But sleep was hard to come by, So we ( My Sister and I) decided to explore the fantastic airport and also to see the ...