We are finally here! Thanks to my wife, who spent several thousands of hours searching the web, we have arrived at our endless summer destination. You’d think it would be easy to find having the world at your feet, but adding some of our criterias it drastically narrows it down.
Sri Lanka was actually my first pick having great surfing spots. However, it was rather difficult to convince Petra hence the accommodation alternatives presented by my virtual assistant was not meeting all our criterias. So, we started to investigate the world looking at Mauritius, Costa Rica, Barbados, the Philippines and Bali. Costa Rica was selected for a few weeks and we actually found accommodation, bought a plane ticket but cancelled it the day after due to cold feet. After looking at reviews, getting first hand info from a friend who was there, we realized that we needed to find accommodation with a pool for the kids because the strong current in the sea. Costa Rica and Santa Teresa is expensive, especially when you need to find a place with pool for two months.
Bali and the Philippines was on top of the list as well for a short while. Having the budget from Costa Rica we could live as rock stars in Asia. Everything was awesome except realizing that Jan-Feb is the rainy season 🙁 We actually considered going anyway because of all the pros, but the one con of too much rain made us go back to where it all started, Sri Lanka.
With only a few weeks left before our trip window, Petra started to book different hotels, guest houses etc. waiving some of the criterias, time was getting scarce. We are now in Sri Lanka without having booked accommodation for the whole stay 🙂 Not having 100% control is hard, but that is why I think this will be awesome and a true adventure for us as a family.
Once again, thank you Petra for spending all those hours giving us the best possible endless summer. I love you!