Unawatuna

How to describe the tropical beauty of Unawatuna? Very difficult.  You all just have to visit and stay at the tranquil Noorit Gedacht. 

My first experience in this Oasis began with breakfast- Sri Lankan style!
A Sri Lankan breakfast starts with fruit - banana, pineapple, watermelon, all grown locally.
For the hot dish I usually had eggs, my first morning I had an omelette.  Other days I had scrambled eggs or pancakes.
In the buffet there were pastries and my favourite....Sri Lankan pancakes! They are pancakes rolled up with coconut inside. Divine!

Sri Lanka, Unawatuna and the Nooit Gedacht were a feast of culinary experiences.  I was delighted to see Lassai back on menus.  I had tried my first lassai in India and loved the yogurt type drink.
For dinner on my first night in Sri Lanka I ate in the hotel.
I started with a mixed fruit lassai and eventhough my waiter really wanted me to have a Sri Lankan curry for my first dinner, I opted for the House Special.  Chicken, pilau rice, prawns, egg, pineapple and salad!

After sleeping off the jet lag, it was time to explore the beautiful Unawatuna.

Some people say Unawatuna is too commercialised now.  There are restaurants all along the beach.  For me, it was bliss.  As July is off-season in Sri Lanka, the beach was quiet.  For a small fee you could get a sun lounger and umbrella in front of one of the restaurants.  My favourite thirst quencher (first tasted in Israel and again in India!) fresh lime soda was readily available for about a euro.  Sri Lanka is a bit cloudy in July but perfect for Irish skin!