Saman Villas

Galle Road, Bentota, Sri Lanka | 5 star resort

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Bentota

A travel blog entry by jocelynroles

Today... swim..breakfast.. put toes the Indian Ocean...swim in the pool again...read...play on iPad...swim...visit the spa...head,back,shoulder,face massage....bubble bath...watch the rain...relax...get ready for our complementary foot massage...BLISSFUL DAY.

I forgot to start with how we woke up. We pressed the blinds button to let in the …

Bentota

A travel blog entry by jocelynroles

I can barely work up the energy to write up yesterday's blog! We're at the most beautiful spot right on the beach at Bentota and we're just having a day of doing nothing. The resort is gorgeous, we have private pools right outside our bedrooms and our units are side by side. We've had a late breakfast with enough on the menu to sustain us until …

A thousand words

A travel blog entry by lindasmejkal

There have been far too many exceptional moments during this trip to pick a favorite in any category. The Singhalese people were happy and smiling, liked Americans, respected grandmothers and helped Carmen and I in any way they could. They were eager to share their remarkable country and heritage and proud of the variety that is within this one full-of-wonders island. A picture says a thousand words so I will attach several to this ...

Are you from Dubai?, You want tuk tuk? T-shirt?

A travel blog entry by mezzaandyort

... rain eases. We chill out in our room for a while and then the rain cleared up so we went for a walk into town. It took a while to get in there walking on the road, dodging the crazy drivers. We stop at a local stall and buy a bottle of water, lady says 70 rupees. Ok, then we walked into another supermarket and bought a few more bottles for 65 rupees each and some snacks. The guy at the counter short changes me by 50 rupees (only about 50c) ...

Den of Iniquity

A travel blog entry by the_muzzas

... Internet hadn't reached here yet, we then decided beer was the only option, we asked a few people who looked at us as though we were mad, turns out this place is dry!!! Shock, horror!!!

We desperately investigated further and it turns out there was a hotel about 15 minutes away that served alcohol, so with four of us in a three person tuk tuk we headed to the drinking den. We turned up and it was full of the dregs of Sri Lankan society, so we fitted ...