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the south coast highway

3/31/2014

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The southcoast highway is a constantly changing, constantly busy, constantly populated (mostly), constantly interesting journey.
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Finally reaching Bentota south of Colombo, the constant sprawl of suburbia came to an end, and the beaches started to reveal theirselves. There is definitely no shortage of accommodation down south. Even the smallest village seems to have ample accommodation in it. 
The only road that goes along the coast is known as the Colombo-Galle Road and is just insane. It's a crazy, busy, dangerous road where buses overtake trucks and tuktuks on blind corners and the wrong-side of the road, at breakneck speed and refuse to slowdown even in the face of oncoming traffic.. 
For the first time, driving a tuktuk was a really hairy experience.. It's kind of scary when buses just start driving towards you full speed on your side of the road!!!
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In some places, you are lucky enough to have the whole road and even the parallel beach to yourself! In other places, you aren't so lucky.. 
For the most part the road hugs the coastline which makes for a pretty beautiful drive!
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Normally we like to visit a few different guesthouses before we decide where to stay, but on the southcoast, it would literally take years to visit them all... There are just too many. Which is great! It  means if you have your own transportation, you can literally stop anywhere, and be able to stay somewhere to stay!!
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Or, if you are rushed for time, it's also possible to go from Bentota, all the way to Mirissa or even further if you like, in a comfortable 3 or so hours. If only there weren't so many inviting beaches along the way... 
We ended up stopping at 10 different beaches!! Which is pretty crazy when you consider they are actually so close to each other.. 
Oh the south coast.. sigh.. good bye. until next time..
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Joyce Garness
3/31/2014 03:14:16 pm

Have been following your journey, and the country side looks beautiful. Of course, having the beaches most of the way does make a difference!

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Thetraveljunkies
3/31/2014 04:42:04 pm

Thanks Aunty Joyce! It does help! It's such a diverse country though. Sure the beaches are beautiful but the countryside is awe inspiring as well!

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