I have found my serenity in this crazy world! Its a small town on the south western province of Sri Lanka called Hikkaduwa! I traveled down there for the weekend with 4 or 5 other volunteers and spent a couple of days galavanting on the beach!
So we took another crazy bus ride down to Hikkaduwa Friday night. When we got down there 2 other volunteers were already mixing in with the other tourists visiting this paradise. So we ordered some brews and joined the fun on the beach! The area of the town we stayed was a local hot stop for surfing! The hotels have the beach as their back yard and they served up the most scrumptious food and beer around! The locals drink this liquor called "Arrack" which i think is a cross between rum and tequila. Not my favorite stuff but it was enjoyable to experence the Sri Lankan spirit! We shared the weekend with about 6-8 other tourists vacationing in Sri Lanka for a couple of months! They showed us the local hot spots to eat and drink and be merry! It was LOADS of fun to meet people of all walks of life!
Saturday was by far one of my favorite days of all time! haha! We woke up rejuvinated and ready for the sun. Hitting the beach at around 9ish and laying out almost all day! Later in the evening another volunteer and one of our new friends offered to teach a couple of us how to surf!!! YES SURF! So we found a place to rent a board and they took us out to the small waves. You know me... i was determined to stand on that damn board if it took me all night! I managed to stand and ride a wave all the way to the shore before the sun went down! And I was hooked, i cant wait to go back and practice more!
That night we showered and got ready for a birthday party for one of the local tourists. They hired a 5 peice Sri Lankan band to come play all night long! We danced, had a cook out and drank arrack to celebrate! Before sitting down to eat, I got to experience baby sea turtles hatching on the beach!!! There were about 15-25 of the tiny baby turtles that popped out of the sand on their own and wandered down to the water. Some of them had a hard time finding their way because of all the lights of the hotel, so we gently picked them up and helped them to the water. It was truely AMAZING!
What a weekend! Cant wait to share more! Stay tuned!!!!
xoxo
Lauren
So we took another crazy bus ride down to Hikkaduwa Friday night. When we got down there 2 other volunteers were already mixing in with the other tourists visiting this paradise. So we ordered some brews and joined the fun on the beach! The area of the town we stayed was a local hot stop for surfing! The hotels have the beach as their back yard and they served up the most scrumptious food and beer around! The locals drink this liquor called "Arrack" which i think is a cross between rum and tequila. Not my favorite stuff but it was enjoyable to experence the Sri Lankan spirit! We shared the weekend with about 6-8 other tourists vacationing in Sri Lanka for a couple of months! They showed us the local hot spots to eat and drink and be merry! It was LOADS of fun to meet people of all walks of life!
Saturday was by far one of my favorite days of all time! haha! We woke up rejuvinated and ready for the sun. Hitting the beach at around 9ish and laying out almost all day! Later in the evening another volunteer and one of our new friends offered to teach a couple of us how to surf!!! YES SURF! So we found a place to rent a board and they took us out to the small waves. You know me... i was determined to stand on that damn board if it took me all night! I managed to stand and ride a wave all the way to the shore before the sun went down! And I was hooked, i cant wait to go back and practice more!
That night we showered and got ready for a birthday party for one of the local tourists. They hired a 5 peice Sri Lankan band to come play all night long! We danced, had a cook out and drank arrack to celebrate! Before sitting down to eat, I got to experience baby sea turtles hatching on the beach!!! There were about 15-25 of the tiny baby turtles that popped out of the sand on their own and wandered down to the water. Some of them had a hard time finding their way because of all the lights of the hotel, so we gently picked them up and helped them to the water. It was truely AMAZING!
What a weekend! Cant wait to share more! Stay tuned!!!!
xoxo
Lauren
Little tiki huts to get out of the sun and relax in!
There is no south western province in Sri Lanka. ;) Hikkaduwa is in the Southern Province.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, nice beach isn't? I still remember in my childhood I often go there. It was a nice beach with lot of seashells and many more thing to see. But tsunami ruined all. :(
Hikkaduwa more details you can see
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