We celebrated Marlow's 60th birthday in Mirissa at the southern tip of Sri Lanka. We arrived here after spending one week traveling in the hills and jungles of the middle of the country (e.g., Dambula and Kandy on the map). Now it was time for the beach!
We are staying in a small hotel directly on the beach near the fishing town of Mirissa. Mirissa is also the center of whale watching excursions. November starts the four-month migration season and we were told there were many blue whales just off the coast, but we wanted to just enjoy the good weather and the beach.
The beach directly in front of our hotel was not ideal for swimming due to the high waves and reef. The beach area was ideal for walking and wading into the Indian Ocean but not swimming. So we took a tuktuk a few kilometers down the road to Mirissa Beach where there were many small beach restaurants and chairs with umbrellas.
Sepali was intent on celebrating Marlow's birthday as a day-long affair. So after an hour or so playing in the water, Sepali and I went on a walk along the beach to investigate the restaurant options for lunch. She asked several restaurants to show her the fish and lobsters they had available for grilling. We found one restaurant that had exactly what she preferred so we placed an order and scheduled a table for lunch to return in 30 minutes. The menu included one grilled mullet and two grilled spiny lobsters.
 |
| Birthday morning walk in front of our hotel |
 |
| Our hotel is next to a temple |
 |
| Tuktuk ride to the beach |
 |
| Looking for the perfect birthday lunch |
 |
| Spiny lobster |
 |
| Mullet |
 |
| Birthday evening |
 |
| Birthday boy |
 |
| The arc along the pool is a whale rib that washed up on the beach |
 |
| Hotel |
No comments:
Post a Comment