Joséphine is surfing in: Sri Lanka

Hi, I’m Joséphine, I’m almost 30 and I love surfing! I finally got the chance to travel and surf! I have worked for about 10 years in the music industry and the management of cultural events. Three years ago, I went to Portugal and I tried to surf for the first time. It was a revelation and since that day, I did everything to leave for a year and go around several surf spots I wanted to see. Here I am!

After my first trip to Bali and second trip to Fiji, I have made it to a new destination: Sri Lanka.

A gallery of pictures from my time in sri lanka is shown at the bottom of this post.

With some new friends I made along the way, we started our trip in Kandy, a very green and English-style town in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings’ era of Sri Lanka. We spent two nights to visit around, which we also used to do a day trip to Pidurangala. We agreed to go each time slightly away from the very hotspots instead of doing all the very touristic stuff. We wanted to be more by ourselves, meet more locals…

So, instead of going to Sigirya and climb Lion’s Rock, we chose to go to a more quiet beach and admire the beautiful rock formations during sunset. 

Some people say it’s the 8th wonder of the world. However you really have to go there to witness yourself.

Of course, on our way, we went to the Spices Garden, where of course, I spent too much money for plenty of natural products to make my skin soft and enlightened, or to cure my painful body of of course neo surfer girl.

After Kandy, where we visited the tea plantations, we took the fabulous train which makes you travel in the middle of even more, amazing tea fields. What a journey! 8 hours stand-up, stuck with a lot of other people, doors open. You can see and smell what Sri Lanka is all about. Fruit and grocery sellers managed to enter and go through the entire train, even if there was no room at all. They are yelling like in a food market, making it some kind of an unforgettable experience. 

After this, we head up to Arrugam Bay: time to surf! 

I highly recommend this place for its chill atmosphere and its multitude of different spots. My favourite: Elephant Rock, an amazing location where you can surf while watching wild animals and/or the sunrise. 

The area is in a big development and you can see a lot of new coffee shops, vegan restaurants… Food is so nice and it’s more or less focused around fish culture with big BBQ’s on the beach, oh my god it’s delicious.

Speaking of which, food is quite good in Sri Lanka. Very spicy and tasty, one of their specialty is my favourite: kottu. It is a kind of sliced bread sauted with vegetables and/or meat.

Rice and curry, teas and fruits are a big part of their culture too, and you can find your healthy happiness here. And it’s really cheap as well.