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Saltwater Surf Camp

Arugam Bay · Sri Lanka

Saltwater Surf Camp

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53% SHIT
Medium confidence 105 reviews
Could still be good with enough luck and social skills, but not inherently social
Sketchy reports 6 recent reports
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    • initially friendly, but soon intrusive—knocking on our door, entering uninvited, sending messages, asking personal questions, even wanting to meet in town.
    • initially friendly, but soon intrusive—knocking on our door, entering uninvited, sending messages, asking personal questions, even wanting to meet in town.
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    AC didn’t work, bathroom smelled due to poor drainage, beds were shaky, and reading lights kept turning off. The hostel is a hot 20-min walk from the city. The biggest problem was the owner: initially friendly, but soon intrusive—knocking on our door, entering uninvited, sending messages, asking personal questions, even wanting to meet in town. We avoided common areas and left early despite having paid. Would not recommend
    • In the evenings a lot of local men were invited over they made inappropriate moves on us women and the staff was involved as well.
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    The whole place is dirty and the staff is completely inappropriate. In the evenings a lot of local men were invited over they made inappropriate moves on us women and the staff was involved as well. The location is far away from the Main Street and as a woman alone I felt really uncomfortable to go out after sunset. The vibe is completely weird and I was happy to leave after one night
    • The owner tried to touch and harass me when I stepped out of my room for a moment at night because I had a terrible cough.
    • The owner tried to touch and harass me when I stepped out of my room for a moment at night because I had a terrible cough.
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    SEXUAL HARASSERS. The owner tried to touch and harass me when I stepped out of my room for a moment at night because I had a terrible cough. There’s another review reporting the same thing. Absolutely do not come here.
    • the owner is hitting on almost every girl that is coming into the hostel
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    The rooms are really nice and the head manager is also super nice and really helpful with organizing stuff. But there is kind of a weird vibe, not social at all and the owner is hitting on almost every girl that is coming into the hostel. He also does the surf lessons but doesn’t seem to surf good himself actually.
    • we also experienced inappropriate touch through the co owner of the hostel and the tuk tuk driver (the hostel connected us with him) sexually assaulted all of us four girls in the end of our last ride with him
    • sexually assaulted all of us four girls in the end of our last ride with him
    • we also experienced inappropriate touch through the co owner of the hostel and the tuk tuk driver (the hostel connected us with him) sexually assaulted all of us four girls in the end of our last ride with him
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    My three girlfriends and me stayed here for three nights. Some of the workers were very friendly and helpful but we also experienced inappropriate touch through the co owner of the hostel and the tuk tuk driver (the hostel connected us with him) sexually assaulted all of us four girls in the end of our last ride with him. Arugam bay is a beautiful place with lots of beautiful and overly friendly people but I strongly advise to look for an other place to stay, especially if you are a woman.
No bed bug reports in 105 analyzed reviews

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