Back to the beach!
After visiting Udawalawe, we ended up in an inconvenient part of the country. The route the locals kept recommending was to travel quite a distance to Ella, and then take a 12 hour train ride back to Colombo. We thought it over. Then went back to the beach!
Despite our hotel assuring us that a tuk tuk ride to Matara would be out of the question, we decided to do it anyway. Surprisingly, it was the shortest and smoothest of all of our extended tuk tuk rides. The plan was to stay two nights in nearby Mirissa and take the train back to Colombo from Matara (only 4 hours).
I think we made the right decision.
Mirissa is a tourist town that lets you forget it’s a tourist town. The hotels and restaurants are built back in the trees so when you look out at the beach you see… the beach. We spent our time relaxing, taking walks, and playing in the water.
It was the perfect way to end our trip.
I [tote]s adore you
I’m going to add this place to our travel list!
[tote]ally cool!