Mirissa: Beach day & surfing

Once again our day started bright and early. Sacrificing our included hotel breakfast we made our way to the nearest decent coffee shop before heading to the beach to meet up with the surfing guys.

A short TukTuk ride later we arrived at the beautiful beach of Weligama. After a very brief warm up and some stretching on the beach, it was time to hit the water. The waves were perfect but our capabilities limited. After about thirty minutes of flopping around on our surfboards like over caffeinated seals—where even baby waves tried their best to assassinate us—we finally started to look slightly less like a drowning hazard. In the end we managed to stand up on a few waves and left with a smile on our face. 😎 [Sadly we do not have any pictures or videos of our surfing lesson, one of our instructors took some and we are currently hoping for him to post them on their Instagram channel]

Slightly exhausted from our morning activities, we decided to spend the day in the area to give us and Jiggle Bells a well deserved rest.

After brunch and a bit of relaxation time, we walked up to coconut tree hill and rewarded ourselves with a delicious fruit plate at a nearby fruit shop. Mango, papaya, watermelon, avocado, passion fruit, pineapple, red bananas (not red inside), star fruit and lycees all beautifully prepared for less than 3€. 🤤🍍🥭🥑🍌

In the late afternoon, when it started raining, we had the ingenious idea to go snorkeling at the off chance of finding a turtle. Obviously that didn't work out and snorkeling in the rain is also not advisable but at least we had the beach almost to ourselves.

To conclude the day we settled for a nice vegetarian Srilanka curry all you can eat, after which Will realised he has actually managed to have a vegetarian day for once and proudly requested this information to be included in our daily blog. 😄Read more