Rocking the Point
Published by Fred July 20th, 2008
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AbaY at its Best
Surf Forecast for Arugam Bay in real time on magicseaweed.com
Press Coverage of the situation in Arugam Bay
Link to the old website of the Arugam Bay Hotel Association
Huge and often updated photo collection from Arugam Bay
Former Discussion Forum - now replaced by arugam.info
AbaY Hotel Intro
- # Introduction to all AbaY 'Hotels' To give some idea of their location, all 'hotels' are numbered. Beginning with #001 at the bridge, Northern end of Arugam Bay
- #001 Star Restaurant
- #01 Stardust Hotel
- #02 Rainbow Village
- #03 Galaxy Lounge
- #04 AbaY Beach Resort
- #05 Beach Hut
- #06 Hotel Sea Shore
- #07 Friendship Restaurant
- #08 Tiffany Hotel
- #09 Water Music
- #10 Nishantha Restaurant
- #11 Nestha Resaturnat
- #12 Sam's Hut
- #13 Waves of Love
- #14 Rock View Beach Hotel
- #15 Tsunami Hotel
- #16 Midbay Hotel
- #17 Tropicana Hotel
- #18 Sea Wind Hotel
- #19 Sea Rock Hotel
- #20 Aloha Cabanas
- #21 Danish Villa
- #22 Roccos Hotel
- #23 Food Garden Restaurant
- #24 Nina Cabanas
- #25 Lucky Leprechaun Hotel
- #26 Farath Guest House
- #27 Mermaid Village
- #28 Why Not? Restaurant
- #29 Ali's Restaurant
- #30 Blue Ocean Hotel
- #31 Royal Garden Hotel
- #32 Tri Star Hotel
- #33 Sunrise Hotel
- #34 Orient Beach Restaurant
- #35 Shanoon Beach Resort
- #36 Zara Beach Rest
- #37 Hideaway Hotel
- #38 Cafe del Mar
- #39 Hillton Hotel
- #40 Hello Madam & Gekko Restaurant
- #41 Surf & Sun Resort
- #42 Deen's Hotel
- #43 Home Needs Shop
- #44 East Beach Hotel
- #45 Sooriya's Hotel
- #46 AbaY Surf Shop
- #47 Hawkys Surf Shop
- #48 Sano Hotel
- #49 Perera's Restaurant
- #50 Siam View Hotel -SVH-
- #51 Hangloose Hotel
- #52 Subashi Beer Bar
- #53 Meena's Beer Bar
- #54 Shashni Beach Resort
- #55 Seven Sea Restaurant
- #56 Tharaka Restaurant
- #57 Beach View
- #58 Rupas Cabanas
- #59 Ruwangi Place Restaurant
- #60 Lahiru Place Hotel
- #61 Fishing Net Hotel
- #62 Palm Grove Holiday Inn
- #68 Mambo's Chill Out Surf Cafe A small Hikkaduwa resort at Arugam Bay
- #69 East Surf Cabanas
AbaY Hotel web site links
- Siam View Hotel The only Thai sea side resort in Ceylon
- Hillton Hotel Rahim's Hillton Hotel
- Stardust Hotel A top Danish managed resort
- PottuVille Point Resort Invest and relax nr. AbaY!
- Rupas Hotel Rupas Hotel & Restaurant
- Galaxy Lounge Galaxy Lounge Hotel
- Roccos Hotel Roccos Beach Front Hotel
- Tsunami Hotel, AbaY Est. 1999
- The Danish Villa Colonial style bungalow for rent
- Aloha Cabanas Tom Rieder's Aloha Cabanas
Best Photos of AbaY
- Walk from the Bridge to the end of AbaY 2007 Let us be your eyes and take a stroll!
- Romantic Arugam Bay Love photo selection
- Surf Photos of Arugam Bay Best Surfing photos 2007
- Arugam Bay Wild Life Wild Life selection photos
- Fun in Arugam Bay Having a good time in AbaY
- Is AbaY Dangerous? No Problem!
- Loving Couples are happy at Arugam bay People deeply in LOVE come to AbaY. Why?
- Party at Arugam Bay AbaY: An ideal Party resort!
- Another walk on the wild life Wild Photos
- PottuVille Point Photo Impresions The Point nr. Arugam Bay - Sri Lanka's finest resort to be
Blogs
- Arugam Bay Tour & Travel blog Tourist Services guide and local PR
- CASP rebuild Ampara blog PR on CASP ideas of rebuilding Ampara
- Cerno - A blog by a Sri Lankan in Sri Lanka Cerno. A blog by a Sri Lankan who lived abroad
- Frazer's Blog A UNOPs guys experiences on the East Coast
- Janis Kirpitis Blog - partly in Latvian Janis impressions as he assisted "Help" NGO
- Jessica Lees Blog A US lady's views, vision and experiences
- Jo-Anne Liburd's S.L. Impressions Jo-Anne is a Canadian working for Sewage Lanka
- Lanka Page Inside the smoking gun of Sri Lanka
- Papersurfer Papersurfer
- Sports sans Frontieres Niccolas au PottuVille - in French
Commercial Attacks
- Arson, murder, looting attacks in Sri Lanka non-political, but commercial dispute stories
Deutsche Freunde
- Excelent Simple Wisdom Simple Wisdom - Florian & Daniella
- German supporters of Ceylon and AbaY SLB - Sri Lanka Board
- Lanka First Web Site Lanka First- Country Information
- Reisespinne Global Travel Forum in German Language
- Saffa Org Situation in Arugam Bay
- Sri Lanka Forum Information & Discussions in German language
- Sri Lanka Info (In German) Neue Version des 'Spider' Forum Romanums
Friends
- Andrea Quintarelli in AbaY Croix Rouge and Italian fund raiser A. Q.
- Arugam Bay Tourist Association Mercy Corps sponsored site
- Cerno - A blog by a Sri Lankan in Sri Lanka Cerno. A blog by a Sri Lankan who lived abroad
- Hilltop Survivor Project Post Dec. 2004 survivor's Group
- paddle4relief Tim's private help for Arugam Bay
- Paddle4Relief Small, effivient private help organization
- Responsible Tourism Partnership Promoting good Tourism in Sri Lanka
- Supporting children through art Kids Card project and other help for AbaY
Home, Cooking, Recipes
- Somlak's Kitchen site Asian Cooking made easy
Literature about AbaY
- Der Krokodil Felsen A Book about Arugam Bay
Religious blogs
- Ancient sites are mentioned Magul Maha Vihara, Lahuga is promoted
- PottuVille Prayer Times Mosque Times at Arugam Bay and PottuVille
Safaries & Wild Life
Sri Lanka's Wild life Experts- Eco Guide Association CEGA AbaY Tour Guides
- Lahugala National Park THE home of Sri Lanka's wild Elephants
Stop over suggestions
- Suryanamaska Angela's Hotel near kandy
- Tree Tops Jungle Lodge Adventure near Buutala
Surf & Weather Info.
- Elephant Rock Surf Break Info by Wannasurf Wannasurf Info on Elephant Roack
- Okanda Surf Info by Wannasurf Wannasurf Info on Okanda Surf Break
- Peanut Farm Surf Info by Wannasurf Wannasurf Info on Peanut Farm break
- Storms, Typhoons, Clouds Real Time Satellite Views of Asia
- Surf Forecast by Magic Seaweed Surf & Swell Predictions and reports
- Wannasurf Info on Arugam Bay main break Arugam Bay Main Break Surf Info by Wannasurf
- Wannasurf Info on PottuVille Point break PottuVille Point Surf Info by Wannasurf
- Wind Guru Kite- and Wind Surf Information
Taxi Sharing
- ArugamTaxi@Gmail.com Throntree Taxi suggestions
Traveller's Reports
- Thorntree Lonely Planet
Weather at Arugam Bay
- INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPT INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPT
- Weather Satellite Picture in Real time Weather Satellite (India & Sri Lanka)
Arugam Bay Photo Gallery
definitely a weekend to remember.
surf was very good to us during the day and the party rocked two nights.
we had a great time and we look forward to our next visit to Arugam Bay.
keep in touch,
Goofyfoot
I just returned from Arugam Bay, and although I went there for entirely selfish purposes, I could not help but be reminded of the stark contrast between their lives there and our lives here and how easy it is sometimes to forget that such a difference exists. Especially for us.
Travelling with those that may never have travelled to that part of Sri Lanka before, I was made aware of how ignorant people can become of what lies just outside their door. Do people not know, or do they choose to ignore? Living in Colombo, it is very easy to become like frogs in a well. But I was shocked at how shocked they were by the people in Pottuvil. Sure they stared at us. Sure they stole from us. They tried to cause trouble and ripped us off at any given opportunity. They behaved as though they didn’t want us there. But is their behaviour really so difficult to understand? Wouldn’t you stare if you lived in a situation where electricity was a fickle luxury that could disappear at any moment, and a bunch of people turned up in a tourist coach, wore bikinis and danced to weird music for two days straight? Wouldn’t you be angry and bitter if you had a hard life, and some people turned up in your village, and had a party?
Arugam Bay is not Hikkaduwa. It is still very much a village. And it is for this very reason that it is so great for us; because it is so pristine and untouched, and not commercialized like Hikkaduwa. But for many it is just a place called home.
It is this ignorance that I fear will be the downfall of Sri Lanka. This refusal of the educated and the elite to understand the lifestyle of the average Sri Lankan. To see that this life we live in Colombo is very, very different from the life of other Sri Lankans, and that we make up only a tiny minority.
Sometimes I am very, very afraid of how little we know, and how much we can so easily forget.