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Sri Lanka: an island of many contrasts (Part 2)

July 9, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

For the beach part of our stay in Sri Lanka, we chose to be stationed in Unawatuna and do day trips around the Southern Province. We booked a room at the Sea Front Villa (through Booking.com), which was p e r f e c t. It has a private beach and only three rooms, so […]

Sri Lanka: an island of many contrasts (Part 1)

June 28, 2017.Reading time 16 minutes.

I have to admit, after arriving to Sri Lanka (especially from Dubai) I experienced a bit of a cultural shock. This escalated when in the morning of Day 4 we discovered an uninvited “guest” (i.e. a huge cockroach) on the INSIDE of the mosquito net over our bed. We divided our 8-day itinerary into two […]