good morning everyone welcome back if you're new around here we're Nicole and Mico and we're
on a road trip around Sri Lanka to show you exactly why we think this is one of the most
beautiful countries in the world if you caught our last video we have just arrived in the town
of Hikkaduwa which is our first stop here on the south coast of Sri Lanka and at the end of
the video we kind of left you on a cliffhanger as we said that this was one of our favorite places
in the world but we didn't quite tell you why so we came to Sri Lanka for the first time in
2021 we arrived at a time where we had to do a two-week quarantine and as that quarantine
was coming to an end it started to look like Sri Lanka might be headed into a lockdown and
so we were madly like looking on Airbnb for a really nice place to stay in case we got kind
of stuck in one place for a while so sure enough we came across this property we booked five nights
originally and then the country locked down so we ended up being here for an entire month fell
in love with this place with the owners with the cat who lives here and now this place just
has such a special place in our heart so we're going to show you around because it is stunning
all right I want to start off by showing you guys our room we are staying in the aptly named
Jackfruit room there's a Jackfruit tree nearby I think what I maybe love most about this room is
actually just how big it is and I love the windows in this room we just get such a nice breeze at
different parts of the day coming through and the natural light is phenomenal this room also has
a desk and a huge bathroom it's a giant bathroom
um I love the cement work here on the whole property but particularly
in the washrooms like I think why I love it is because it looks so
clean like it just gives it such a clean finish okay let's go out
you guys saw where we were chatting to this morning this is actually where we get most
of our work done during the day we just sit here and I feel like I'm still experiencing Sri Lanka
while I sit here I think that's why I love it so much because we're just like outside you
just kind of enjoy like nature as you do your work okay and then we've got our own kitchen
so for us this kitchen has everything that we need most importantly it has a French press for
coffee which is like half of what we need in the kitchen and I particularly love the window that
just like opens up and you can just see out so I never feel closed in when I'm cooking when we're
cooking in here it's just like another peaceful spot somehow obviously something that's unmissable
in this area of the property is the massive Garden right here some of these uh plants and
trees actually grow fruit so depending on the season that you're here you can actually have
the fruit right off of the trees and and of course there's different flowers that bloom depending on
when you're here it is a bit of a photographer's dream this area it's just absolutely beautiful
here's another one of the rooms on site this one's called bamboo um also absolutely beautiful same
idea of like that open concept Kitchen where you can just look out while you're cooking
so there's a private plunge pool back here it's shared amongst the different rooms here there
are four rooms on the property it's a couple feet deep and it is just perfect for cooling
off and if you're not into uh Sun Tanning on the sunbed you can just hang out here
so I want to say that this place feels like like a digital Nomads Paradise because you've got like
a nice place to relax and like chill but you also have a few spots where you can work like obviously
you can grab a laptop work on these bean bags you can have a coffee over there by the table and then
jump into the pool when you get a little warm to us it's very very tempting to just put away
all our plans for the rest of Sri Lanka and just stay here we've legitimately talked about it but
there's so much of this country to show you so we will not do that all right although it's tempting
to spend our entire day here let's get back on the bike and show you the town of Hikkaduwa
so one of the goals that we have for our time here in Sri Lanka or maybe that I have is actually for
me to learn how to ride the scooter I have no idea how to drive it yet I am always on the back as
you've probably noticed and while I'm not sure I'm going to get to the point where I actually
feel comfortable having a passenger on the bike I just want to know how to drive
it like I think it's silly I don't know how so we'll see especially in a country
like Sri Lanka like it's so nice to have your own personal like method of getting
around you're not reliant on tuktuks or cabs or taxis or anything or your husband
it's nice to be the master of your own fate every single day even like just like some
days like we were hanging around the last couple days and I would have loved to be able to like
pop out and get some fruit or something like that but I need Mico and I I hate that so we
are going to attempt to teach me how to ride the scooter while we're here so hopefully at
some point you'll see me on the scooter so on the agenda today is to go and check
out the beach there is a spot where we hear we can see sea turtles so hopefully we can
spot them today and we haven't seen Hikkaduwa Beach properly yet so we're gonna go and see
that maybe find a little spot to I guess hang out relax maybe get a delicious iced coffee
or something I don't know we'll see what the day has in store for us it's beautiful here
look at the doggies there's one here this guy's like he's like in like a trough we've
got a sleeping dog over there then this guy sleeping right there too like someone
obviously brought like a scooter or something here before and he's like oh this is perfect
for me what do you think of the beach I mean the beach is amazing the sand is so nice so
first impressions of hikkaduwa beach here uh this place is gorgeous feels like a little bit of a
paradise really I love the colour of the water hey it's like a turquoise the water looks so amazing
so nice the beach actually goes really far in the opposite direction as well actually in both
directions I mean this whole place is just like one giant Coastline with the beautiful Sandy Beach
you can buy some shirts buy some T-shirts they've got some really cool t-shirts over there
and of course if you're looking for like drinks or anything like that
some fruits and whatnot you got people here on the beach selling that as well
well we're in a little pier thingy that kind of juts out into the water
I wouldn't recommend doing any diving into the water because of all the Rocks but you can see
over there how far the beach goes I see tons of crabs on this little pier yeah there's tons
of tiny little crabs here too lots of snorkeling here too there's people with uh snorkeling gear
and what's really really cool are there are some large sea turtles over there all right so we see
the sea turtles hopefully we can get a picture of them with the other camera under the water
um if you wanted to when you come here there's tons of people who offer for you to like feed
kelp to the turtles personally we're not huge fans I just think nature should just
do Nature's thing and obviously the turtles now come to this spot because people feed
them all day so it's not something that we are going to be doing but they are
here so we will get our camera out and see if we can get a couple shots for you
they're so cool those guys are huge I don't know if we caught how
well the camera worked I think it worked okay they're honestly so big and like it's just you
almost could step on one because it looks they blend right in they look like a big rock yeah
yeah I think if you didn't know you're looking for them you'd miss it completely it just looks
like a rock I didn't even realize there were like two around me you didn't no cause with
the way the waves are like it's yeah they just kind of blend in really well this is pretty cool
thank you
okay guys just bought a brand new t-shirt I think it's very I feel like it's very tropical which is
what we're going for because we've got quite a bit of time here in Sri Lanka and small hint future
destinations are also going to be tropical so I think this is an investment in the future here I
love your turtle and it's look at the turtle yeah I like it yeah plus everybody loves tie-dye right
look at this beach okay we just came down like an alley to try and see where the beach led to
or like what more of the beach looks like holy smokes man and there's a really nice
looking restaurant right here it's called sea salt Society I think we can literally have our toes in
the stand when we have lunch so I think we're gonna do that just before we go into sea salt
Society look look at those Surfers over there they are killing it with these massive waves
at least massive to me it looks so fun I think I'm Gonna Save the surfing for another day but
uh this is I just I'm just floored at how amazing this beach is like it goes on seemingly forever
just rubbing my feet to the sand because it feels so good oh man I got a beef burger I
know I know but we were in India for like months and I haven't had beef in months so forgive me
oh that looks so good look my bun's even toasted and I think there's garlic on there whoa that is
delicious the burger itself is like has really good spices in it wow that looks amazing thank
you so much oh my god is that ever beautiful so I got the Catch of the Day which is a fried fish
and then I also got some rice I don't even know what that stuff is I think it's roasted garlic
roasted garlic chips oh salt oh yeah it's garlic oh that's really good look at that
oh my goodness so good I think
everything here the food is delicious the sound is amazing the view the company of course
so lunch was obviously amazing but maybe even better than that is that the restaurant we were
at sea salt Society offered to put some bean bags out on the sand for us so we could just
like chill from the beach and just enjoy this place enjoy the sounds of the Waves
hang out maybe go for a dip after who knows so I think you can find us here for the next hour or two
all right we are back from the beach you can see it's quite dark out already our
host Amila here at Banana Leaf he decided to make us a meal I'm not sure if they're
all traditional Sri Lankan dishes but it's made by a Sri Lankan man so I think that's
pretty close most importantly Amila is an incredible cook so we know we're eating
well tonight ooh might be a little bit spicey this is what I love about Sri Lankan food it's
like the same ingredients go in the pot with a different sort of Main Ingredient yeah Curry
Leaf onion garlic and what do you call this pandam leaf pandam leaf and then you somehow
get like four or five different meals but out of the same handful of ingredients I'd say
this is rice and Curry so you got rice here basmati and we got chicken and potato Curry
this is Kangkung kangkung you called it water spinach water spinach cooked with like garlic
and onion correct yeah exactly and this is pumpkin oh so good this is rice and curry rice
and Curry here in Sri Lanka so you think you're getting rice and Curry you assume one dish no no
no it's four very normal here okay I'm excited to dive in it looks amazing Amila looks so delicious
well we are completely stuffed because our first proper
Sri Lankan meal was a total success in our next video we'll be exploring more
of Sri Lanka with a day trip to galle we hope to see you there thanks for watching
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