Close to the Colombo airport, this is a resort area with sweeping sands from bustling to uncrowded; restaurants serving lobster, prawns and seer fish; and a variety of hotels from budget to luxury hotels. You can also watch local folks fishing on the lagoon in traditional dug-out canoes or hire a bike to cycle along the canals, built centuries ago by the Dutch who came for the spice trade.

Read more in Tripatini member Jastin Busher's post Sri Lanka's Beaches Are the Best in the Indian Ocean.


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