Day 5 - Dikwella (HiriKetiya Beach)

Last full day and night in Dikwella and the mystery if there’s a “c” had been solved. Answer? No “c”. 😒

Typical morning in paradise. No big deal. 😉 A slight hiccup with coffee though … a bit delayed as the expresso machine at the hotel broke, so they had to go down to the other hotel to get one. Literally walked down and brought one back. Teamwork makes the dream work comes to mind here. But nonetheless… they made it happen so Mike and I could sip coffee at the water’s edge. Not a bad way to shake off the nights sleep and plan the day! Mike even flew the drone at our morning coffee date to try some new techniques he learned. Pretty amazing views!

Today was agreed to be beach day so we hopped into a Tuk Tuk (not Winston, he’s still resting up) and headed to Hiriketiya Beach about 6 mins away from Dikwella. A hip beach with young, aspiring yogi’s so we figured we fit right in. We were right. Totally did. 🤥

Hiriketiya = sounded out as “Here a kitty eee a”. Mikes favorite …

But before we posted up on the beach, we had coffee (yes more) and some breakfast at Dot’s Bay House to fuel up for our plans to do absolutely nothing on a lounger on the beach.

Our suspicions were confirmed that we would fit right in with the hip “kids” when we got a in-person invite to Dot’s pool party that was kicking off at high noon. We respectfully declined because we already had BIG plans.

Overall … Hiriketiya Beach was a 9.7 on a scale of 1-10.

Why not the perfect score? Mike said the waves just weren’t big enough for him. 🤣 He dabbled in some surfing today and caught some waves … in his words, he “pretty much crushed it”. However, he needs bigger waves next time.

For me … water was a 10! I’m not much of an ocean swimmer but this water … PERFECT! Sand was perfect, water clear and clean, and the water was temp cool and refreshing but not too cold. Definitely recommend!

After beach, it was shower and back to Here-kitty for a night market and dinner. Let’s say this night market was nothing like the night market in Bangkok we experienced. This one had four vendors and we were probably one of four couples there. Awkward!

We politely purchased a few smaller items and headed out for a walk to dinner. After dodging dogs, potholes and open trenches, we decided to head back to Dots Bay House where we snagged Green Curry Chicken and a pizza. Odd pairing but both delicious!

That about wraps up today! Tomorrow is another easy morning … and then it’s time to get Winston back on the streets to head to Tangalle.

Hugs! M&ARead more