Negombo Guest Houses

... ..It is humid and dry down on the coast. I shall now share with you my Adventures in Sri Lankan food. In Ella, the local guest houses are run by families. The cooking is done by the mother in her family kitchen. The garden vegies are organically grown in ...

... as had most of this beach town. What had once been a lively coastal resort had been turned into a ghost town. Only a handful of guest houses had been rebuilt!! We later realised that this would be the case for most of our trip along the coastal towns. ...

... like an old schoolteacher - telling me what I could and could not do in the room. By the way, as I was leaving one of the guest houses we were looking at, I ran into a French couple whom I had seen leaving my hotel in Negombo early this morning.  ...

... in Sri Lanka. For $10, you can get a very clean night's stay (translation - no cockroaches or rats). We mostly stayed in "guest houses," which are where people have built on rooms to their own houses for the tourists. The other good reason to stay at a ...

... money in Colombo. The place was absolutely deserted. We stayed here for 2 nights and we saw about 8 white people. The hotels and guest houses were empty and it was clear that tourism had been hit hard firstly due to the Tsunami and then due to the ...

... a third of minimum Sri Lankan wage but I thought I’d rather be safe than sorry. As I’m getting into a taxi to go to Negombo, the driver tells me that if I don’t mind a local woman will come with us as she lives on the way to the hotel. ...

... that the Tsunami hit. A memorial is currently being built here which we think will be a fitting tribute. We then headed back to Negombo on a nail-biting bus journey in order to have a farewell meal at coconut prim with Aunty Glenda and to catch our flight ...