Sri Lanka | Unawatuna & Galle

Forty-minute flight and we've landed in paradise.

Unawatuna was our first stop, and we quickly realised 
we could explore much of south Sri Lanka 
within a 30-min scooter/tuk tuk ride.

Sri Gemunu is a great small hotel with amazing balcony views. 

It's in a perfect location near 

beachside restaurants, Unawatuna Village and Galle.

After a bit of tuk tuk exploring, we found the surf breaks...

obviously the most important thing! 

And spent an afternoon wandering around Galle.

It's peppered with Dutch-colonial buildings, 

and the Fort is filled with restaurants and shops.   

We stopped for lunch at the well-known Mama's restaurant for some 
traditional Sri Lankan cooking... yum!

We loved Wijiya and Talpe Beach restaurants in Unawatuna

and found a great gallery in Unawatuna Village called Saffron Gallery.

We came away with a few great paintings by a local artist!  

Sri Lanka is known for its sapphiresand of course, 
I had to take advantage!

A beautiful a sea foam coloured stone was set by a local.
It's perfect.

 

South Sri Lanka is a mini piece of heaven.

seriously. 

xx

the mcgees