Mirissa, Midigama & Ahangama

Mirissa

We stayed in Mirissa for 4 nights, thinking that after over a week of meeting pretty much no other travellers, it would be fun to socialise and have more of a party vibe. The surf wasn’t working at Mirissa Point, so we took the opportunity to relax a little and explore the area.

We woke up feeling hungover, with only one mission of the day: to go to Coconut Tree Hill and see the sunset. I was pretty convinced that this hill wouldn’t be anything special, and that it would be full of tourists… I actually turned out to be wrong, with only a handful of people and a beautiful sunset amongst the tall, skinny, well-spaced palms.

It was fun to explore the area, though, after hectic Mirissa, and find some great buffets to eat all the curry. Coconut beach is dreamy, plus our accommodation was an amazing space, hosted by a Sri Lankan family who couldn’t speak much English but were so happy to help however they could.

After a couple of nights in Midigama, we headed to Ahangama where once more, we were met by blown-out waves and messy horizons. We ended up surfing back at Weligama most days, where even if the surf is busy and uneven, there is a good atmosphere and it’s fun to practice turning!

We took the bus to Galle for the afternoon, where we drank delicious coconut & treacle coffees at Poonie’s Kitchen, licked up ice cream at Isle of Gelato and got our first hot, spicy fresh veggie roti. It’s a super fun town to explore for an afternoon, and especially because it happened to be a little overcast, wasn’t too hot to walk around the quaint little streets.

Back in Ahangama, we hung out drinking smoothies and bathing in the pool at Dreamsea, ate local rice and curry, and ended on a high with a practically private surf at Fishermans, where our friend Sam was taking photos.

We enjoyed an incredible dinner at Ceylon Sliders; I ate here last year when I stayed at Camp Poe, but Fab has been a long-time follower of CS too, so wanted to see if the hype was as good as their Instagram promised. We messaged and found out that their happy hour was 4-6pm, which fitted into our sunset surf perfectly! We ordered 2-4-1 cocktails which were amazing, then followed up with their veggie burger which, again, exceeded expectation by 1000%.

The atmosphere was warm, welcoming and their service was on point. 10/10! Our last few days in Sri Lanka were such a dream, and we were feeling super sad to leave. After many a conversation, planning and making waves for our future, Fab and I are pretty sure we’ll end up back here next winter at some point - fingers crossed!