Villa Vidura

Photographs by Tharidu Tolusha and by Evgenia Kart are not from here. Here common space is quite dirty. Except bathroom. But in bathroom lock is broken.. Alas, such a basic things - bathroom's door lock, which can actually be repaired by any normal man within 5 minutes, is broken. Expect someone bumps in when you're urinating or taking shower! Rotten stairway, broken main gate lock, cobwebs in the corners, pieces of wires sticking out here and there... Ash from cigarettes is dropped simply on floor, and even on table and on sofa! (They don't use ashtrays, wow). Empty Vodka and beer bottles.. It's a typical drunkard's house, I realized it the moment I came in. But, alas, I had to stay somewhere few nights.. Drunkard's name is Priyan. First few days were bearable, except that I got sick from using semi-broken 20-30 years old fan (it wouldn't work on 1st or 2nd speed, only option was highest 3rd speed, so I got fever next morning). Actually 1 day was lost completely because of this 😟. But then Priyan gave me better fan.. I would consider my stay near pleasant, cause there were no guests most of the time, hence - almost peaceful (not counting stink of tobacco sometimes). Then, after some days thus passed, bad thing has happened. Two foreigners came one night.. The next day at around midday they left, PICKING UP A PAIR OF MY NEW GOOD SANDALS WITH THEM SILENTLY. Right in a broad day light, two western men have stolen my expensive sandals from Priyan's managed house. Obviously, they grabbed my shoes cause nobody watched them the moment they left, (and there is no camera..). Priyan's wife is normal woman, but she has to suffer with her alcoholic husband. The family is very poor because Priyan is such an amazing manager: daily he wastes money for alcohol and tobacco, but blames others (including even government) for his financial problems. Not only he never warned me that I must keep my shoes in my room, but he never compensated me for the stolen property, and, moreover, he paid me with insult only - by shouting at me and blaming myself for "terrible crime" of approaching his window. (I came near his window cause of emergency situation: the loss of my sandals.. I thought we must call those criminals. But only Priyan had their number. However he was "sleeping" in his room after heavily drinking previous night.. It looks like working during day, sleeping during night - a normal schedule - isn't usual for him.. His wife was out of room of course when I dared to approach his window). Alright, my story is getting too long. Don't stay if you have valuables, or keep your eye on everything, including even shoes. This place is cheap, yes. And now you know exactly why it is so cheap.

The owner aiya n akki are very friendly.. they treated us very lovingly.. they gave us an idea about the places we want to go around.. if we come to galle again, we will hope to see you both again.. thank you so much.. 🙂♥️