We travelled down to the popular south coast. There are many small towns along the beach front each with a range of accommodation. The beach front is lined with coconut trees and the water is clean.
We stayed at the town of Ahangama that had some good hotels and a nice beach.
The area has stilt fishermen and they make an interesting sight as there are large groups at the best fishing times.
When we had a camera there were only a few fishing!
On the previous day we swam on this beach but today the red flag was out. We enjoyed both the surf and the pool.
The water was a perfect temperature!
As we left our hotel we had another local stop. We had rejected the whale watching and mangroves by canoe in favour of a relaxing time poolside. We stopped at the Sea Turtle Conservation Project. The local villagers once sold turtle eggs to local hotels but now they sell them to the foundation and the turtles are released into the sea.
Whoops..looks like the same one! But all you turtles look the same to me!
They had at least four species. Some had lost a flipper or two and couldn't be released.
We drove on headed to Galle and the end of our time in Sri Lanka.
We stayed at the town of Ahangama that had some good hotels and a nice beach.
The area has stilt fishermen and they make an interesting sight as there are large groups at the best fishing times.
When we had a camera there were only a few fishing!
On the previous day we swam on this beach but today the red flag was out. We enjoyed both the surf and the pool.
The water was a perfect temperature!
As we left our hotel we had another local stop. We had rejected the whale watching and mangroves by canoe in favour of a relaxing time poolside. We stopped at the Sea Turtle Conservation Project. The local villagers once sold turtle eggs to local hotels but now they sell them to the foundation and the turtles are released into the sea.
Whoops..looks like the same one! But all you turtles look the same to me!
They had at least four species. Some had lost a flipper or two and couldn't be released.
We drove on headed to Galle and the end of our time in Sri Lanka.
3 comments:
Wow, astonishing to see the traditional fishing methods still used, not just when there is a documentary maker around!
Kids loved the turtles. I thought the fishermen looked very uncomfortable!
Rob are you going to try stilt fishing on One Mile Beach?
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