Sri Lanka
Hathagala

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    • Day 10–12

      Kalametiya

      February 13 in Sri Lanka ⋅ 🌬 32 °C

      Pozdravili smo se s vozačem jer smo drugi tjedan rezervirali za odmor uz more, za početak dva dana u malom hotelu s bazenom tik do mora tako da nije bilo puno dogodovština. A i ja sam bila dosta prehlađena pa je pasalo da ne radimo ništa i napunimo baterije. Ovdje u okolici je sve puno manjih jezera s ptičjim rezervatima, da je bilo više vremena sigurno bi se odlučili na vožnju čamcem i traženje 🐊 koji se tu skrivaju.
      Prošetali smo se samo do ribarske marine i to je bilo neočekivano jako fora jer smo došli taman kada su istovarivali jedan brod koji se vratio nakon 27 dana na moru, lovili su u Bengalskom zaljevu sve do Bangladeša. Kako smo bili jedini bijelci svi su se silno trudili da nam nešto pokažu tako da smo završili na brodu pogledati sve izbliza i vrlo brzo shvatili da treba respektirat ljude koji to rade, njih 6 se vozi na jednom i sve mreže vuku rukama. Bili smo par minuta i samo kad se malo nagnuo tako smo odsklizali da su me u zadnji tren uhvatili da se ne rasipam po palubi, a mogu mislit kak je njima na otvorenom moru.
      Oko hotela nam je društvo radila seoska banda pasa, svi gladuši željni hrane i pažnje tako da smo sav kupljeni pedigree ostavili njima, a na momente je bilo stvarno zahtjevno hodati jer se jedan od njih uvijek gurao i skakao po nama, ali ne možeš mu zamjeriti jer to je čista borba za život…zato je i od njih svih najdeblji.
      I da ne zaboravim valentinovsku večeru u obližnjem restoranu, fenomenalna hrana i najljubazniji vlasnik…papali smo rakove i tradicionalne kozice u kokosovom mlijeku, a oduševila nas je i miješana salata s ananasom 😋
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    • Day 11

      Kalametiya Bird Sanctuary

      December 19, 2021 in Sri Lanka ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      We found this excursion to a bird sanctuary and it turned out to be the best excursion ever! The trip started very early, we had to get up at 4am to meet the sunrise and it was raining, but it didn't ruin the wonderful experience.

      I don't like to buy excursions. I don't like to be in a crowd and I don't like to be driven to different popular places and told where to look. But this excursion is different!

      We were met by a guide and got on the boat. No crowd of tourists, just us and the guide, only 4 people. Complete silence! Just the sound of the rain and the voices of waking birds. When the rain subsided the birds immediately appeared everywhere! Herons were hunting frogs and fish, peacocks were sitting in the trees, a buffalo was chewing grass in the meadow. We didn't see any crocodiles, although they are also found here.

      It was great to see wild birds in their natural environment! And in complete silence!

      New animals seen: cormorants, oriental giant squirrel.
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