We checked out of the nice room and walked to the new bus station. There were some new shops set up there, so we bought mosquito coils and a bit of baby powder for me. We got on the 9:30 bus at 8:45 am as it departed from there. The road went to the left around the enormous Monoragala mountains. The scenery reminded me of Hope, BC . . . save for the fact it was tropical. The bus travelled to Arugam Bay in just two hours. So we had already checked into a hotel (which was listed in the Lonely Planet Guide) by noon.
We walked up the beach, then down past the point. I was getting red. As we went we watched some threatening storms developing. It started to rain just minutes from the Aloha Beach gate. We ate lunch and dinner at two different places in the bay. There are 47 different places on the beach, I'm told. The real wind and waves start in a few months during the east-coast monsoons. Surfers love that type of environment, so there're not too many people are around here right now.
I like this bungalow a lot. We have prime real estate in our compound as the other guests are long-term visitors and are staying cheaply. We can afford this luxury by paying a whopping $14 / night for this concrete structure with refrigerator. Too bad the electricity went out at dusk!