Before starting, I want to warn you: DO NOT TAKE TOURS FROM ANEX TOUR AND THEIR CONTRACTOR TANGERINE TOURS. These are not excursions, but complete crap where they won’t tell you anything and won’t let you take a walk, but you’ll kill a lot of time in all sorts of “spice gardens” and other things where the money is spent. When choosing a hotel in Sri Lanka, I wanted to be away from the tourist area, and closer to the locals, and I did not lose. In Ambalangoda, beggars and junk sellers will not take out your brains, as in the same Hikkaduwa and Unawatuna. When we checked into the hotel, I was immediately offered a sea view room. I knew that I would take it and agreed, expecting a classic surcharge in the region of $ 25-50. But here everything is official - be so kind as to add $10 per night, which is $110! In a half-empty hotel, where 4-5 rooms are occupied out of season (from May to October). When I asked what the hotel rules are and what is available here, they only told me about breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30. Sea View rooms are good in their view and in fact all our tourists spend the night there for an extra charge))) Although in Sri Lanka we were not going to stay at the hotel, but only to spend the night (and even then not all nights) The room was worn out, a lot of rust and was poorly cleaned ( so it’s better to wipe the table and chairs with wet wipes, which we did) The air conditioner ran wildly throughout the rest, they did it a couple of times, but it didn’t help, the main thing was that it froze. But he bred a lot of swamps. In the bathroom, the water pressure is almost excellent, there is always hot water, but at night you have to wait. The fridge ate freezing, but cooler than on the street))) And besides, it is very small, a couple of bottles of juice and fruit, and it is packed to capacity. In general, the interior is quite simple. The safe in the room was with a dead battery, which can lead to an unpleasant situation, so I immediately asked me to put a new battery in. They told me “ok, ok” and they took out the safe and “like” they brought a new one from another room. Which immediately after they left began to show low battery. Then it was too lazy to do stupid things, I wanted to go to the ocean and we spat on this safe and went to the ocean. As it turned out in vain, my chuyka did not disappoint. Indeed, on the very day when we were going to go to Colombo by train at 5 am, the safe simply did not react. Without money, there is nothing to do in Colombo, so I ran to the reception and found only a sleeping "guard" in the cubbyhole. He unfortunately speaks English so-so, so I explained to him for a long time what I needed. He just started running around the reception desk back and forth ... Just like a beetle in a bank, he rushed about and did nothing. I told him to call at least someone and give me the phone. After 15 minutes, thank God, an engineer came and changed the battery, so we caught the train. Fortunately, the station is a 10-minute walk from the hotel (Kandegoda) Now only 2 and 3 classes go. The sockets in the room are human, so you don't have to press the ground to open the socket. True, there are 2 of them free, and one with 2 usb outputs. We did not use it because it looks dumb, and there was no desire to burn expensive equipment. The bed is large (somewhere 210x180) it is comfortable for two to sleep together. The headboard is made from a fabric that has long needed
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