Sri Lanka: playas del este, Trincomalee

Ya iba necesitando playa, asi que tras mi cansada visita a Anuradhpura, cogi un bus a Trincomalee, una ciudad costera, de mayoría musulmana al noreste de Sri Lanka. Para quedarme elegí la playa de Uppuveli. Fueron unos dias muy tranquilos, solo hay una callecita paralela al mar con algunos alojamientos y restaurantes, y alguno mas en la misma playa, y en esta época estaba todo muy tranquilo. 

Me quede 4 noches y 3 de ellas coincidí con Nicole. Nos quedamos en un sitio muy chulo y la última noche nos cambiaron a otro porque estaban llenos (las 3 Habitaciones, jajaja). Nos pasamos los dias en la playa, y visitando Trincomalee, su mercado y sus templos. Es una época de mucho calor (Septiembre) y solo se podía estar en la playa hasta las 10 u 11 y luego volver hacia las 4, y quedarse a ver los pescadores sacar sus redes al final de la tarde, con la pesca del dia. Era muy bonito observar a estos hombres curtidos por el sol y el mar, cubiertos para protegerse del sol (alguno parecia muy mayor, pero son más jóvenes de lo que aparentan, hable con uno que me dijo que tenia 56 años y parecia que tenia 10 mas) rodeados de cuervos que sobrevuelan a ver si pueden sacar cacho, y a algunas horas de turistas embelesados con sus maniobras con las largas redes, muchos echando una mano....

Como digo, los dias transcurrieron tranquilos en Uppuveli y me lleve una bonita sensación de esa costa abrasador, pero muy relajante.

I was already on the need of some beach time and I headed to Tincomalee, a town in the northeast of Sri Lanka. I decided to stay in Uppuveli Beach, a quiet beach by this time of the year. They were very quiet days, there is only one street along the back of the beach with some accomodation and small restaurantes, as well as some on the beach itself. 

I stayed there for 4 nights and 3 of them I shared a room with Nicole, that happened to come at the same time. We stayed in a very nice place and we had to change last night as it was fully booked, but the new one was los cool. We spent the days at the beach and wandering the streets of Trincomalee visiting the market and temples. In September the heat was amazing therefore you could only stay at the beach until 10-11am and back around 4pm, then we would stay to see the fishermen collect their capture for the day. It was a really nice view to see those men working hard under the sun, with the colorfull nets, the crows hovering around and the tourist trying to help.

As I said, those were relaxing days, and I remember that place as a beautiful although hot aas hell paradise.

Tips:

Bus from Anuradhpura: around 3.5 hours

Alas Garden Homestay, they have 3 rooms, 2 of them with AA. The guy who owns, Prashanth, is really nice and will try to help you with everything. He arranged for us the last night in another place closer to the beach, new and cheeper!

We had dinner twice in a kind of buffet place that was tiny and always crowded, is in the road in Uppuveli, but I can't remember the name of the place. 

Also in the beach there was this place where everybody went for drinks at night, it was nice also in the afternoon as you could use their sunbeds, but do not order food!