Day 7 – Whale watching Mirissa

Day 7 – Whale watching Mirissa

Saturday 31st January Since the first day we have been in Mirissa, we thought about a Whale watching tour. When you stroll around there you see a lot of ads for different tours with a wide range of prices. By checking Tripadvisor we tried to figure out which one we...
Surfing in Weligama – Day 6 – Sri Lanka

Surfing in Weligama – Day 6 – Sri Lanka

Friday 30th January As we had already decided, we stopped the diving course cause we were not so sure about the teaching methods and it would take too long for us to finish the course. We payed half of it, so 150€ instead of 300€, but when I think about it, I should...
Galle Fort –  Day 5 – Sri Lanka

Galle Fort – Day 5 – Sri Lanka

Thursday 29th January Tini’s ears still were hurting and mine also a bit. So we decided to call the diving school and take a day off just to be safe and not to ruin our ears at the start of our 3 weeks here in Sri Lanka. With time on our hands we decided to visit...
Deep water dive – Day 4 – Sri Lanka

Deep water dive – Day 4 – Sri Lanka

Wednesday 28th January 2015 Our first night in our new guest house in Mirissa. Good sleep, very calm, no street noise, just soft animal noises and the obligatory bakery guy with his „Für Elise“ signature sound. It is quite funny that this is the signature tone of the...
First dive and change of Hotel – Day 3 – Sri Lanka

First dive and change of Hotel – Day 3 – Sri Lanka

Tuesday 27th January Diving Day 1: After just a short introduction in theory what we will do next, we walked to the near beach. Our heavy gear was transported by the Diving School Tuk Tuk and after setting up our equipment we walked into the shallow water and had our...
Day 2 – Diving attempt in Weligama

Day 2 – Diving attempt in Weligama

Monday 26th January 2015 We have already talked about diving a bit. Our plan was to learn diving at the Weligama Bay Dive Center and also surf a bit in Weligama. To be close to the diving school we picked a well rated trip advisor hotel right next to it. For Monday...