Dear Italy...Greetings from Sri Lanka!

Hi friends,
How are you? I hope you all are fine. Last few days I was busy with my work. Somehow today I got some free time. I saw some of my friends here explained a lot about my mother country. I also wanted to add something to it. Today I am going to tell you about Sri Lanka's most famous place amongst the tourists.

Hikkaduwa beach and Turtle hatchery

Hikkaduwa is most famous amongst the tourists as one of the best surfing spots in Sri Lanka. There is also a beautiful coral Sanctuary spread out a couple of hundred meters offshore from Hikkaduwa shore.

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The Coral sanctuary is one of the most popular and respected coral reef destinations in the Country visited by tourists from all over the world for varied reasons. The Coral sanctuary has approximately seventy varieties of multicolored corals. Visitors can either swim or hire a guide with a glass bottomed boats to view the corals. The coral reefs are the best place to see and admire corals and water is never more than three or four meters deep. Some of the coral reefs are real close to the beach and can hire snorkels, masks and fins and ventured into the calm crystal clear waters of the Indian Ocean to be amazed with the wonderful & colorful corals and tropical fish with various colors and sizes, few inches below the surface. Visitors can thoroughly enjoy the beach everyday as Hikkaduwa beach has plenty of beachfront accommodation. Hikkaduwa beach is also reputed as the second-best surfing spot in Sri Lanka by the international board-riding set.

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These are some of the most beautiful things you can see at Hikkaduwa Beach. The other one is Hikkaduwa turtle hatchery. A few years ago, I got a chance to visit this place with my friends. That time I got a chance to give freedom to a baby turtle. I was lucky to have that kind of opportunity. This is one of the rear opportunities that you can have during your life. There is another turtle hatchery situated in Kosgoda and this place is a bit famous than Hikkaduwa turtle hatchery.

Green sea turtles are the most common species on the sandy shores of Sri Lanka. Four other species of turtle nest here as well, but due to their dwindling numbers are, sadly, a rare find. The Kosgoda Sea Turtle Conservation Project has run a rustic but vital hatchery in the area since 1988, and has been especially hard at work to protect nesting grounds since the devastation of the tsunami in 2004.

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Baby turtle. Captured by me.

Hikkaduwa Beach - sunset. Captured by me.

Baby turtles. Captured by me.

Thank you. That's all for today. see you with my next post.

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