Green Shadows Beach Hotel

The hotel is small and consists of three buildings. One, which is from the reception, is the oldest, but there are balconies overlooking the ocean, although only the top 3 rooms on the third floor, which during heavy rain and wind from the ocean flood these balconies right up to the bed. The second building is two-story and the third, newer, is attached to it, three-story, consisting of nine rooms, so we lived in it. Number. The room is cozy, tiles on the floor, a large double bed with a good mattress, a single bed, a wardrobe, a bedside table with a mirror, a table, a working refrigerator, chairs, the air conditioner worked around the clock. There is nothing else in the bathroom except one roll of toilet paper and a small piece of soap, so take all the goodies in the form of gels, shampoos and other benefits of civilization with you. There is only cold water in the sink. On the wall where the shower head is, there is a flow-through heater for hot water, so there will be no problems taking a hot shower, you can take a cold one at the same time, because... There are two watering cans, this is also provided there. Near the balcony door, which is also the only entrance to the room, there are always a lot of ants on the floor, crawling from the balcony. Take dichlorvos, it helps. They also crawl wherever there is food, especially sweets. There was never any cleaning, as well as a change of towels and linen, you took out the garbage yourself, take garbage bags, otherwise everything will fall out of the wicker basket onto the floor to the delight of the ants. Yes, and there was another such moment. A tour bus arrived with Indians for one night, there were a lot of them, noisy, but this is nonsense. They brought cockroaches in their bulky suitcases. Just the day before our departure, while packing my things, I discovered a cockroach in the nightstand, the most ordinary, red one, it hid inside a wire curled with a spring and I would not have noticed it if it weren’t for the protruding mustache. And then I noticed a small cockroach running next to the bed. And they definitely weren’t there before, at least not in our room. And the Indians spent the night in the next room. Internet. Free. There is, but not always, at times very slow, and only at the reception. Although sometimes he even reached the number. Food. Breakfasts were the same. The only difference was the preparation. Eggs in the form of scrambled eggs or in the form of an omelet, two sausages, four pieces of toast, jam, butter a la rama, very modest pieces of fruit and coffee, tea. Our dinners were paid for in advance. Three dishes to choose from. Fish (almost always tuna), chicken (small breast on the bone) and shrimp from 8 to 12 pieces, a side dish of either rice, or salad, or French fries, but rarely. It was delicious. Beach. The hotel is located on the shore, right on the beach. There are always waves, either big or smaller, but all the time. You won't be able to lie quietly on the mattress. The current is along the shore, sometimes very close to the shore and strong. It takes you far from the entry point and at times it’s hard to swim out, so you swim along the shore until you’re thrown out by a wave. For many people this was a problem; they didn’t even go into the ocean, they went to another beach. Locals walk along the beach, pestering you with excursions or food, offering cheap somewhere...

I gave the highest rating only based on my feelings. Among many vacations spent on various warm seas in hotels from 2 to 5 stars, this one was the most comfortable, homely, calm “like a grandmother’s in the village” (only in Sri Lanka). If the main thing for you on vacation is to be “licked,” then this is not for you, but... We read in advance about the features of this country, about the inhabitants, about the criminal situation, so we calmly plunged into the local life of the coexistence of Buddhists and Hindus , Muslims, Christians, etc. Yes, the hotel is modest, but it has everything you need: a very comfortable bed, air conditioning, shower, small old refrigerator, TV (ours didn’t work, but we brought movies on disk and watched through it) and safe. In the building where the administrator is, of course, the repairs are rather poor, I think this is a story due to the tsunami at the beginning of 2000, but there is a new small one, everyone who wanted to moved there. We didn’t, we had a blast! We were alone on the 3rd floor, the balcony overlooked the ocean, there was silence and jungle all around (sometimes living creatures came from there, but not scary, but very curious), there were few guests, no one bothered each other. A green courtyard with sun loungers, a fresh pool, awnings (you could eat under them, not only in the dining room), and behind the courtyard, 50 meters away, there is a WARM OCEAN! Yes, these are waves! But it’s shallow there, so swinging in the waves was an absolute delight! We didn’t even sunbathe, we ran from our room to swim 4-5 times, my husband swam far from the shore, but I was excited. Some tourists were sunbathing on sun loungers in the courtyard. In the evening we went out to admire the sunset, an incredible combination of a beautiful sight and the sound of the ocean! And what a starry sky there is! There is no illumination of large cities, therefore, having seen Orion, you can identify other constellations and large stars that are visible to the very horizon in the ocean and flow into the stars of the lights of numerous fishing boats and mix with the flying lights of fireflies. Bliss! Peace and quiet! During the day we wandered around the outskirts of the village, got acquainted with the life of the locals, found shops with excellent dairy products, and often replaced lunch in a cafe with them and delicious small bananas. At first we were puzzled by the constant in the form of a daily omelette with vegetables for breakfast, plus a plate of fruit (bananas, papaya, watermelon, pineapple - pineapple is added everywhere!!!!), then we got used to it, came home, it was no longer enough. Dinners had a choice of 2-3 options. Everything was delicious for me (shrimp, tuna, chicken, pork, shark and some other local fish), only I liked the shark more, and my husband preferred tuna. Outside the hotel we tried other marine life, there are many eateries. Dinner was complemented with ice cream, no cookies! Hooray! Minus 2 kg in 11 days! The staff is very friendly, but, to put it in our language - “don’t care”, if you ask, they will do it, but tips do not greatly affect the quality of performance, but only on the expression of willingness to help... This is by no means a minus, it’s just a fact, just they are! We met the tropical shower, we were impressed,