Tangalle

Our last stop on the southern coast was Tangalle. A cute, little beach town and by far our favorite one. It had a very chill vibe, it was surrounded by lush nature and the beaches stretched over kilometers, sometimes with just a handful of people. 🏝️

After arriving at our guest house Anila Beach Inn (and getting a welcome juice), we went for a 2,5 hours walk on Tangalle beach. It's one of the longest beaches we have seen: you can walk for approx. 20km. ☀️

The next day, we visited Mulkirigala Rock Monastery. It was a beautiful temple, with six giant buddhas and a lot of ancient paintings on the walls. Many Buddhists brought flowers for good karma. The scenery and surroundings were gorgeous. 🛕

Later on, we relaxed on Silent beach and at night we had delicious fish by the beach.

Tangalle beach is famous for turtles laying their eggs there at night. We did see one turtle digging a hole in the sand to lay her eggs. Unfortunately, once again wildlife is used by locals to make money (which we can understand); the worst are the tourists though. All of them did not keep their distance, flashing their lights on the turtle, while she was laying her eggs, in order to take the best possible photo. Even on her way back into the ocean, the crowd followed until she went off. It was horrendous and heartbreaking. 🐢

The next morning, surfing distracted us from thinking about the poor turtle mamas. Our instructor Lula was super nice but the surfing wasn't quite as fun and successful as the session in Weligama due to smaller waves.
The beach - Kudawella - is gorgeous. The water was crystal clear and there were again only a handful of people on the beach. 🏄‍♂️💦

One of our highlights was running into a school concert/show later that day. We were invited to watch the last part, they even offered us seats in the second row. It was a lot of fun to see the kids perform. In the end, all the students and teachers danced together to finish the event. The spontaneous things are the best. 🏫👯‍♂️

When we checked out to go to Udawalawe, our host gave us homemade rotti for the journey. People here are just so friendly and nice 🧡Meer informatie