Unawatuna

One thing I'd really wanted to do at the end of my trip was to spend the last few days at the beach. Given that Brock was under orders to rest his foot, we decided to head back to Unawatuna and enjoy the chilled out atmosphere there.

It's a really great place to hang out - and is really cheap as well.

So we headed back to the Village Inn and got a room...

The one constant of our time in Una was the Coral Light - the absolute best place for food in the village, run by an incredible family who really made us feel welcome. The food's also amazing, and the prices are the best in town.

Here's a view of the beach from Coral Light:



We started every day with the excellent Coral Light breakfast: fried eggs, toast, coffee, and Vegemite which we got from a store in Galle:



And then we'd swim, or chat, or watch a film, or read, before heading out for a few beers in the evening:





One night we messed around with the long exposure setting on my camera and got these crazy pictures:





It's monsoon here, so it tends to rain in the afternoons, which looks a lot like this (click the pic to watch the video):



But usually results in amazing sunsets, or incredible lightning displays out at sea. Here's one of the sunset at Una:



For a change of scenery we headed into Galle one day, and spotted this:



Not something you see everyday...and apart from that, there's not much to report...except:

The giant spiders we found in our room:



And the rather good bottle of Jacob's Creek we had one arvo:



We were also lucky to run into Nicole who'd spent a fair amount of time in Una and knew a lot about the area. One interesting thing about this part of the world is that there's a magnetic field that's the third strongest in the world after the north and south poles about 26km off shore from Una. Which might explain why it's such a relaxing place.

Learning all about natural child birth...from a real expert...and amazonian tribes...

And then there was the day I got stung by a jellyfish - which has left a scar...

And walking around the headland to the rocks at the end of the beach and seeing loads of crabs and some fish that could climb up onto the rocks and breath fresh air.

And finally, it's not uncommon to see turtles in the sea here, but I was never able to really see any while swimming - until my last day, when one surfaced five feet away...

Too bad it had to end. But then, all good things have to come to an end.