My father who is lawyer in profession and another senior lawyer had an assignment in
Ampara courts last week. Since I am on my vacation I also joined with them. I have never been to
Ampara before. traveling
To go to
Ampara you have to go along Kandy -
Mahiyangana road. After
Mahiyangana, Security personals are a common site along the road. In
Mahaoya there is a somewhat big security check point with several security personals. In here travellers to
Ampara should tell security personals what is the purpose of your journey. In
Mahaoya, road divides into two, one goes to
Batticolo and other one to
Ampara. Paddy fields are a common site
Mahaoya to
Ampara. It is said is largest paddy harvesting area in
Sri Lanka. When we reach
Ampara town time was at about seven in the evening.
Ampara is a somewhat big town. There are several temples, big play ground which belongs to the municipal council of
Ampara in the town.
We stayed at Monty's guest house. I think it's the best place to stay if you go to
Ampara. There are about 50 rooms available at that guest house at the moment. Management is trying to expand the guest house as construction work is going on at the
moment. Room we stayed, had good facilities. There was a TV and room had air conditioning as well. There were many foreigners at the guest house that day belonging to various organizations such Red Cross, UN who are doing humanitarian work in Eastern part of the
Sri Lanka.
If you go to
Ampara don't forget that you have to register your vehicle with all the details in the
Ampara police. On the way home you have to give that to
Mahaoya check point otherwise you can't exit from
Ampara. With the situation of the country at the moment I don't recommend going there unless you have an official work.
