We all slept really well, so woke up feeling refreshed. I had about 10 hours of sleep. After a shower and catching up on social media, we went for breakfast. The WiFi only really works in the rooms.

Breakfast was delicious and unexpectedly massive. We had a plate of fruit to start, and then I had a smoothie bowl, which was delicious. Karen and Mandy had pancakes, which were also really nice. The coffee was good too.

As we had been sitting down for most of yesterday, we decided we would walk into the town centre. The Sri Lankan hotel staff thought we were mad as the temperature was about 32⁰C.  They did tell us which was to go though.

Our hotel is at the end of a lagoon, so it’s around 3 miles away from the town centre.

The roads were red and dry, but we met a few people and animals along the way. Some young boys asked for a photo with us.

The town was quite busy, lots of people were out and about as it was a Sunday.

We visited the Dutch Reformed Church. Unfortunately we couldn’t go in as there was a service going on. The church was built in 1706 and is one of the oldest protestant churches in the country.

Sri Lanka was occupied by the Portuguese in the early 16th century. At the time, the King of Kandy turned to the Dutch to help get his land back. The Dutch conquered the area in 1659 but refused to give it back to the king. They built a fort and a church here. The British occupied the island at the end of the 18th century and found the fort abandoned except from one Dutch administer officer who surrendered to them.

As we walked down to the fishery harbour, we passed the Kalpitiya Budhu Pilimaya statue. The statue is near the naval base (part of the old fort) and is where the navy personnel pay homage to Buddha. The statue was completed in  2017.

At the fishery harbour, we took some shelter in the shade.

After seeing the sights and wandering around the town for a little bit, we decided it was time to head home.

It was way too hot to walk the 3 miles back, so we decided to take a tuk tuk.

It was a bumpy journey home, but we all made it safely.

It was then time for a quick change – our clothes were wringing wet – before  we headed to the pool to cool down.

After some time relaxing by the pool, we decided to take the kayaks out and see if we could get over to the other side of the lagoon.

It was about half a mile to the other side, so it wasn’t too far, although the water was quite choppy at times.

On the other side, we got chatting to the guys doing the kite surfing. They were amazing to watch.

We wandered over the sand to the other side to see the Laccadive Sea. It was really rough so we didn’t go for a swim here.

Apparently, the wind was around 12- 15 knots, but over the next few weeks, it will increase to 20-30 knots, so more kite surfers will come to the area.

It was then time to head back to the hotel.

As we walked back to our rooms, we passed a small Buddha. Around 70% of the Sri Lankan population are buddhist, the rest being Hindu, Muslim, or Christian.

After another shower, we wandered down to the end of the pier to watch the sunset with a glass of wine or beer.

The dogs came to join us, so we made a bit of a fuss of them. They seem to be well fed but are constantly scratching, so I think they need a good bath.

And then it was time for dinner. I had a seafood platter with garlic bread, and it was delicious.

We managed to stay up a bit later and headed to bed around 930pm.