BENTOTA

Photos taken over our four leisure days in Bentota. Perfect weather with the usual rain and thunderstorms coming in in the late afternoons which helps cool everything down just a little. The hotel wasn't up to the standard we have been staying in. Had a few noise problems here but the staff are lovely and the food good. We get included in our package breakfast and dinner both buffets so eating way too much. We will be like two of the Sri Lankan elephants arriving home. We are both looking forward to getting home now. We leave this hotel tomorrow pick up at 9.00am for a quick drive through Colombo to have a look then back to Negombo where we started in Sri Lanka. We have a hotel for the afternoon/evening before our 1.00am flight back to Singapore. Ten hours in all at Singapore airport. We have six hours booked in the transit hotel which has a pool. PT keen to go out to Changi but will just see how we feel at the time.

Have had a couple of walks into Bentota town about 1km from the hotel. Hard work in this heat with all the heat from the roads,cars etc no wind in there at all. This is the bridge we walk over the river into town.

We stopped to wait for the train that was coming.  Barriers down all the scooters/motorbikes waiting.

Here she comes through the streets of Bentota, goes over the river and runs right behind our hotel. Sounded very loud the first day we were here but hardly hnotice it now.

Walking down the main road.

Now for the photos around the hotel.  Looking out over our balcony. 

From balcony zoomed in to the beach.

Looking down over the pool below us. 



Looking up to our room upstairs fourth from the far end. Notice the downstairs rooms  just step out from their patios straight into the pool.

This is what spoilt it for us as we had eight men probably locals who booked four rooms below us. They used the pool all morning and seemed to take over the whole pool chucking a ball around. But not only that they started drinking about 9.30am through the morning while they were using the pool. You can imagine how loud they got and spoilt it for all the guests. They went home yesterday so we are having our last day here enjoying the quietness of the place. But that's not all, another lot arrived about two hours ago and started off quietly having a few drinks under the trees. We have been lying under the umbrellas but now back up in our room. The boys are getting louder and louder. They don't seem to know when they have had enough. Oh well we won't be here tomorrow.

This is the other pool of the hotel down the other end of the huge grounds. The pool near us is right down the other end behind the trees.

The have built these chairs into the sand made of concrete but look like sand.



Looking along the front lawn of the hotel running down to the beach. The hotel used to be painted white which looked good. Fresh looking with the green grass. They have now painted it this awful  army green colour. I can't believe someone would change it to green from white. It's horrible you feel like you are checking into an army barracks.. 

Looking north along the beach in front of the hotel. Goes for miles. It is strange that the sand is never boiling hot no matter what time of the day. Whereas in NZ you can hardly walk on the sand in the summer time due to the heat.

Looking south our hotel on left. It would look so much nicer if it was still white. I notice it is still white on the websites.



This shows the whole width of the building. As you can see lots of clear space in front of it except in our quarters behind the trees at the left.

We walked south to the end of the beach and walked through this jungle like area.

And came across this little bay. Very quiet peaceful area.

All the tropical growth behind the bay. PT liked the contrasting colours in this photo. Blue, white green.

We had just spoken to these young lovebirds who were under the trees. As we returned they were standing out on the rocks. Lovely kids. The Sri Lankans have such beautiful smiles and lovely white teeth.

Then further around some more rocks and another beach. This beach was very long.



Back through the under growth to our beach, walking back to the hotel.

Hotel in background.



Did our last wash in Sri Lanka. Hooked the clothes over the guttering above our balcony. Great for drying. That awful green. Would be much nicer White as I said. Time and time again......

PT eaten too much. ('Tiz not). That chap was massive!!!

Well that's nearly it for our India and Sri Lankan holiday. One more day tomorrow then onto the start of our flight home. Might get one last blog away tomorrow night, all depends on time.