So South Coast took us by storm! Since we been back from Arugam Bay we’ve been constantly busy everyday. We’ve rented this Villa for a long on the south coast that’s going to function as our home for the near future. It’s a newly renovated colonial house close to all the good surf on the
The monsun started pouring. Apparently it’s all across the island at the moment. Heavy rain for three full days. All the lagoons are now filled up. The waterfalls start pouring. Several earth sleds have occurred that you might have read about in the news. Some hundred people are buried under the earth masses. And the seasons
On Saraswati day we went to Harsikas (dhammikas older daughter) school to look at her dance show. It was so exciting! We were told 48 different times that the show was going to start, Dhammika kept changing the time that we had to leave every time we asked. Finally we got there and I asked
A random mix of images from our stay in Arugam Bay. We like this place. It’s so different from the South Coast, in good and bad ways. It’s much more wild and undeveloped as the war was all over this place. Perfect sand bottom point breaks is tucked in between huge military areas so the
We’ve become good friends with a local family that lives next door to where we stay. Dhammika (the mum) runs a small home stay where Cailin stay. They’ve really taken Cailin in and it’s like her family now. We feel grateful to be part of it and we ‘ve been at her house for dinner almost
These last days when it’s been smaller waves we’ve been taking turns surfing the longboard. At the moment we only got one longboard with us, a 9’6 Noserider model. It’s Petters but he lets me use it. Pothuvil Point is a long, long wave machine.. And the beach is perfect for driving all the way
We have witnessed so many tropical thunderstorms lately. Pretty much one every evening. They come fast, hard and then they leave just as fast again. The sky turns really blue, the wind changes, rain comes and then thunder and lightening. So much lightening in just a few minutes or half an hour and then it’s over
But right here, right now, every morning is super awesome. By the way, sorry for not posting so often. We are adventuring so much over here and the internet run on bananas or something because it sucks elephant shit. It works slowly for 5 mins and then it cuts out. We have a theory that it’s
We’re going on our first yoga retreat ever this November! Cailin Callahan of Golden Buddha Yoga is traveling the world to teach yoga and surf. She has found an amazing villa just at a surf break in the south of Sri Lanka. She’s flying in a raw food chef, made an awesome activities schedule and on
