Back on the beach

 Not much to report over the past two days. Beach, Swim, bed. The normal beach time routine. Crispy has loved it. We haven't moved from the gorgeous beach in front of our room for two days. The rooms are basic and, owned by a lovely lady called Chandi. They have everything we need. Clean bed, a fan and hot water. Who could ask for more. She also operates a small seafood restaurant right on the beach so there has been no need to do anything. The weather has been great and we have loved it. 

There are a lot of Russians here in the south and they can be hard work. They are all mostly self catering as the ruble is worth nothing outside of Russia thanks to Mr P's little incursion into Ukraine  id love to get their impression of the situation but there is a language barrier and I am afraid it could get heated. 

There is an unwritten law when travelling that you dont talk about politics or religion. It's worked well  so far.

Suffice to say the Sri Lankans don't like them and we have even been in places where the locals have refused to serve them. My experience is that we don't like them either.

On the way to Ambalangoda ( where we are now) we called into a turtle sanctuary. It's run by an amazing man who is carrying on his father's dream of conserving these amazing creatures. His entire family were killed in the tsunami that struck Sri Lanka in 2004. It was heart breaking to see the damage that was done and hear  the stories of all those that lost their lives in that horrible disaster. Sri Lanka now has a Tsunami early warning system and the signs and siren towers will hopefully prevent such loss of life in the future. 

Turtle facts

There are 6 species of Turtle here in Sri. Lanka. (We have seen 3 of them in the wild and swam with one.)

Green turtles are so called because if you remove the shell the flesh is Green. It is this species that was used to make Turtle soup.

Thankfully all turtle are now protected  and a long jail sentence is enforced in anyone caught harming these amazing creatures.

Turtles lay 150 eggs in one batch between December and April. Only 1% born naturally reach adulthood. With hatchery born Turtle the percentage is much higher as their biggest predators are birds before they reach the ocean.

A turtle will only ever have one sexual partner. If either dies they will not mate again.

 

Turtles always return to the same beach they were born on. It is assumed they find there way by magnetic variations.

A female Turtle only starts laying eggs when she is 30 years old.

Turtles carry Salmonella so no touching

Night time, dinner on the beach.

We fire up "Ruby" in the morning for probably our last destination before heading back to Negombo. We were talking over dinner about how it doesn't seem like we have been in Sri Lanka two minutes. Already it's nearly over . We have loved it......

Bare and Crispy signing off Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka