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Arugam Surf Classic

Mid Year Festival

Surf, Socialise & PARTY!

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This year’s awesome 3 day event has begun this morning at famous Surf Point

Every night there will be a variety of local Entertainment.
Food stalls, licensed bars, live music events and more.
All venues are totally FREE to attend – as it is Arugam’s long standing tradition
“Ladies walk in Free”
All (well behaved) men also!

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AbaY’s first ATM

Published on 11/07/2013 in front page, Ideas, Money Matters and services. 0 Comments

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Arugam Bay has today become a proper Tourist Resort!
This ATM is located at the #31 Pacific Hotel
(formerly “Royal Garden”)

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However, here is a piece of history:
10 years ago, 2003
A forward thinking local manager of the
Bank of Ceylon
Established Arugam Bay’s FIRST ever BANK:

: This was Arugam Bay’s 1st and only Bank

This was situated under the Siam View Hotel
And washed away end 2004
Never to be re-opened
Below is the story about this bank:
https://www.arugam.info/?p=702

Tragedy after the disaster

Published on 11/07/2013 in front page and hotels. 0 Comments

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….”the locals, who were being asked to make way for luxury hotels for national reconstruction, werena??t buying the plan that would turn their villages into multi-storied buildings and their children into tour guides and street hawkers. They opposed it forcefully”….

……”On 26 December 2004, a terrible tsunami struck Indonesia and Sri Lanka. The eastern coast of Sri Lanka was especially devastated as it lay in the direct path of 100ft waves that destroyed everything in their wake. Arugam Bay was hit hard and several villages were swept away without a trace…..”

Well. Ahead of it's time...

Before the 2004 tsunami, Arugam Bay was an idyllic locale on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka consisting of fishermena??s villages visited by only the most adventurous young European and Australian surfers who came there for its great breakers. The hotels were beach shacks with hammocks and their numbers were manageably small mainly because of the threat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The route to Arugam Bay was peppered with military checkpoints, and most country advisories and guide books cautioned tourists to avoid this part of Sri Lanka.

All this changed in 2002 when LTTE signed a ceasefire and access to the east coast opened up. The tourism industry touted eastern Sri Lanka as the next Phuket and visitorsa?? traffic exploded. Removal of road blocks also drew an influx of fishermen from other parts and before long Arugam Bay simply wasna??t big enough for the local fishermen and the tourism industry. Continue reading ‘Tragedy after the disaster’

Traditional AbaY Walk 2013 prt.2 – Seaside Places

Published on 01/07/2013 in accomodation, Arugam Surf Club, Arugambay Surf Club, bars, cabanas, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, From our own Correspondent, front page, guesthouse, hotels, restaurants and shops. 0 Comments

And here are the photos of all signs & establishments
Situated on the Eastern Side of the Main Road
i.e. Sea Side places

This is justA?our attemptA?to document constant changes in the Bay.
This year there are many changes & fine improvements.
So far….
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Traditional Mid-Year Walk (2013)

Published on 01/07/2013 in accomodation, Arugambay Surf Club, bars, cabanas, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, From our own Correspondent, front page, guesthouse, hotels, press coverage, restaurants and the bay. 0 Comments

Every year, on the 1st Day of July we try to document the annual changes ofA? Atrovent mdi cost Arugam Bay.
This is done, since 1999 or so, by taking a photo of all visible signs in the village.

From Bridge to bridge.
This year we took advantage of the rising sun.
And took all photos of the land side Establishments first (as they are located to the West)

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Links to our earlier A?year’s walks will be posted later.