Lazy Monday afternoon got no time to worry, close my eyes and drift away”The sea is warm and the sand is soft, this is a much better place to be than… most places. Well at least for a few days until I get bored.
Mirissa is a sandy beach backed by the main road from Matara to Galle which is lined with accommodation of various grades. We are in the Peacock Wing, at the budget end of the scale. Our bed here is built of concrete, with a very comfortable mattress on top, so Is the bedside “table”. I suppose it ain’t gonna break! Our logic for staying here is that if we spend less on the room, we have more to spend on delicious consumables. The Jamaican Mule cocktail I drank last night was particularly good, with plenty of rum in it.
By the Peace Bar there is a natural swimming pool which is protected from the surf by a reef. It is lovely to wallow in, and Julie actually took a dip! I enjoyed a bit of body surfing further down the beach. Just beyond the Peace Bar is a stretch of very good surf where the serious surfers gather. Two lady surfers were being photographed by several camera operator on the beach and in the water. I think they were probably professional surfers modelling swim wear, they were very good at riding those waves!
We have decided to stay a couple more days in Mirissa, it’s the sort of place that you can easily while away a few days.
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