Unawatuna Euro Style

Lion Beer, Unawatuna

The name's Huijs. Christopher Huijs.

This morning we went in search of something a bit different for breakfast. We ended up with enough fruit and bakery snacks to do both breakfast and lunch for the both of us for the bargain price of 290 LKR. Bread stuffed with jam, bread stuffed with seriously spicy potatoes and bread with some kind of sausage in it. Delicious! We found a fruit stall and got a bunch of bananas and a pineapple which they kindly chopped into slices, leaving only the end on the stalk which he sliced in half turning it into two giant pineapple lollipops.

Today was the day we would decide whether to hire a motorbike for the next few weeks or not. We asked around, found two different prices and in the end went with the more expensive, but hopefully more reliable, option.

 



 

 

Deciding to embrace Unawatuna for the day, rather than our usual rejecting of it due to all the tourists and inflated prices, we sat on the beach and drank beer and bathed in the ocean and began to understand how all the Europeans came here and sat for weeks on end. Except for the fact that 400 LKR buys you a pathetic amount of hot chips, it really was quite nice being waited on as you scrunched sand between your toes and went from ocean to restaurant in one swoop.

Blonde barbie, Unawatuna

After being thoroughly entertained by a couple of barbie-like blonde Russians in g-strings and heels on the beach, we left and picked up our bike and made a quick trip to Galle for some petrol and in the hope of finally finding a pharmacy which sells Mefloquine malaria tablets to replenish our quickly dwindling supply. No luck yet. As we cruised back to Unawatuna past a crowd of men watching and waiting as local fishermen dragged in the evening's loot of fish in their nets, it began to rain and we got a taste of what the next few weeks may be like if the weather continues as it has. Apparently the railway near Ella has been closed for two days thanks to a landslide. Maybe the monsoon really hasn't quite moved away.

Sticking with the embracing Unawatuna theme we wandered past the restaurants overlooking the ocean. We ended up at the same restaurant we were having beers at earlier. A disappointing steak for Chris and fish for Lauren. This made us realise one thing...when in Sri Lanka, eat Sri Lankan because that's what they are good at. Despite the meal it was a lovely location and a delightful dinner.