Madu River

  Last April we went on a trip to Madhu river with  my friends .It was a wonderful experience. seven of us went on the trip 🙈....and the train was scheduled to leave at 8.30 am, so we all gathered at the Galle railway station at around 8.15 pm.😊 . Like every set , our set alos had 2 people who didn't come on time (finally  they came  at the last minute) later  we bought tickets to Ambalangoda.  

We had to take the train to Ambalangoda and from there to Balapitiya by bus. We were able to reach the Balapitiya bus stand around 10.30 am .Then we were able to reach the boat service within 15 minutes from the Balapitiya bus stand ....... From there we had breakfast 🍲🥘😋

                                

 We booked our boat before we go ,so we were able to start the boat ride quickly ....... We had a tour guide until the end of our boat trid. After breakfast we started the boat ride. At first I was a little scared to get on the boat😪.

                                    

Madu river is located in Balapitiya. There are a total of 64 islands in the river and lagoon. The islands here are called by different names. During our boat ride we saw a large mangrove forest on the river bank and a large number of birds and animals

 So, our first stop on the Madu River is "Koth Duwa" Island,  its with beautiful temple and Buddha statue. This temple has a very ancient history.

          

 During our boat ride we saw the smallest island on the Madhu River called 'Satha Pa Duwa'. There is also a small building called "Hindukovila".

                             

 Cinnamon Island was our next stop, most of this island is covered with cinnamon plants. Apart from cinnamon, there are several coconut trees here as an additional crop. This place is full of cinnamon sticks. I love that scent🙈 .... They showed  traditional cinnamon peeling methods as well  and other products made from cinnamon powder and oil. They also gave us cinnamon tea with jaggery. We stayed there for about ten to fifteen minutes and then headed for the next island.

So our last stop on the Madhu River was the 'Fish Therapy' nature treatment (this is my favorite place to visit) where the fish are kept in a natural environment and separated from the nets. So we sit around the floating platform and put our feet in  to the tank ... 😍🐟  the fish try to eat the dead skin and clean up the foot. first time is a difficult task. because when the fish touch the leg we feel ticklis .this was mind relaxing place🐠🌊🌊. They gave us  some fish  feed to  attract  the fishes towards us.

                           

So our whole boat trip took about two hours. We had lunch at a restaurant there .Then we left to come home. So when we arrived in Galle it was about four in the afternoon.

      

A journey that has been going on for a long time. Finally we went😍😍 and  i had a wonderful experience with my friends .This is one of my favorite trip💓💓.