we organised a taxi for the morning as the bus connections meant it'd take us more than twice the time in a car to get to udawalawee and we wanted to get there in early afternoon so we could safari in late afternoon. considering the town is close to the national park, we were surprised how hard it was to find somewhere to eat and somewhere to book a safari. 
we managed to fill our bellies with some delicious curries and then head to udawalawee national park where we were fortunate enough to see a range of animals including heaps more elephants, water buffalo, crocodiles, a range of birds and a jungle cat which are quite elusive and hard to spot. 
the next morning, the owner of our hotel waited at the side of the road with us to ensure we caught the correct bus to mirissa which was super sweet! mirissa is a beach town along the southern coast of sri lanka and we spent a couple of days soaking up the sun and the surf and boogie boarding. we also got to see the stilt fisherman early in the morning.
from there, we headed over to galle and stayed in the old fort which was built by the portugese in the 16th century and then enhanced by the dutch. the architecture isn't anything like anywhere else in sri lanka and we quite enjoyed the change of scenery. after exploring galle, we headed to hikkadewa to go snorkeling via scooter however it's the wrong season for snorkeling on the south coast so after a swim, we made a sudden decision to head north to trincomalee. we hurried back to galle, bought tickets on a train & night bus and then hurriedly checked out of our hotel. 
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