A Very Special Offer for Father's Day at Reef Villa & Spa June 2013

To celebrate Father's Day, stay for 5 nights in June and we would like to offer a complimentary 'Full Groom' Treatment package to include for:

 

• A 60 mins Deep Tissue Massage with essential oils;
• A Reefresh Herbal Oil Facial;
• A Hand Renewal Ritual;
• A Foot Revival Ritual;

These individual treatments can be taken over different days.  

Available for all men (whether you are a father or not).

Rates per double suite in June start @ US$ 440.00 per night including breakfast service charge and all taxes.

The offer is a available for all direct bookings only.

email info@reefvilla.com for further information.


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An Officer and a Gentleman and His Pretty Bride at Reef Villa & Spa, Sri Lanka.

The marriage of Richard Thompson and Ann Wilson at Reef Villa & Spa on 15 February 2013.

Friends and family flew in from various corners of the world.

Ann looked radiant, Richard looked fittingly dashing  and it was a lovely happy day.

Vesak and the Lighting of the Pandol in Wadduwa, Sri Lanka

The Pandol has been switched on in Wadduwa tonight as have many all over Sri Lanka.

 

Vesak is an annual public holiday observed traditionally by practicing Buddhists in South Asian and South East Asian countries like Nepal, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, Pakistan and India.

 

Sometimes informally called “Buddha’s birthday”, it actually encompasses the birth, enlightenment Nirvana, and passing (Parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Buddha!

Happy Vesak!

 

 

Reef Bees

Look around our garden and you will see a bee log or two.

 

They are our 'hotels' for solitary bees, for it is not only the birds that are important in the garden, but also all the beneficial insects including bees.

Bees are beneficial as they are efficient pollinators of our flowers, herbs and fruit.

 

 

And, believe it or not, bees do not all live in hives with lots of other bees.

The bee log in the garden is for solitary bees.

 

 

By us offering bees a home in a safe environment we can make a really practical and potentially species saving contribution to conservation and biodiversity where we live.

 Solitary bees are safe and non aggressive.

 

Unlike social  bees, solitary bees do not have a large nest with many offspring or a store of yummy food (honey) to defend and they are therefore less defensive than 'honey bees', and some cannot sting.

 

Although totally independent of one another solitary bees are attracted to similar sites and will choose or construct their tunnel close together in lawns, walls or wood.

Nobody knows how many species of bees there are in the world but over 20,000.00 species have been recognised.

 

 

 

 

 

Cherish The Dress, and Rekindle the Passion at Reef Villa & Spa Sri Lanka

A year after they were married Sarah Lorieux and Byllel came to Reef in March 2013.


With the photographer and his assistant and Monica the local elephant in attendance, Sarah and Byllel spent the afternoon being photographed with Sarah in her wedding dress, giving Sarah and Byllel the opportunity to have some wonderful photographs to cherish.

From an image of Sarah reminiscent of Guinevere, to Sarah and Byllel carving hearts in the sand, to watching the sun go down from a fallen coconut tree log it was a fabulous way to celebrate one year of marriage.

 

We've Teamed Up with Headland Media To Provide The Latest News at Breakfast (in a Variety of Languages)

For our English, French, German, Arabic and Russian speaking guests we have teamed up with Headland Media to provide a synopsis of latest news delivered at breakfast; an important service for our UK and international guests.

Editorial content is produced in the UK, by a team of experienced multilingual international journalists and deliver to us overnight so that we can print it off first thing in the morning.

Russia Today

Middle East News

Britain Today

Tagesrundschau

France -

Actualités

The news provided is the latest news stories and summaries from the guests’ own countries, with publications edited and produced in their own language plus, there are sports updates, celebrity gossip, business and financial information.

Turn Right at the Snake Charmer.....

You're nearly there! Not far to go.

So turn right at the snake charmer at Wadduwa Junction.

Don't forget to pick up some sandalwood  powder in the Ayurveda chemist on the way.

Then wind your way through the daily market with the colourful exotic tropical fruits, vegetables and snake gourds for sale and the flattened dried fish on display drying in the sun.

Turn left and wave hello to the "bag man" Krishanta who will make any kind of bag up for you.

And wave to the to the giggling  school children in their pristine blue and white uniforms as they pile into a minibus.

Stop for a minute or so to watch the cricket match on the green.

Then listen for the train before you cross the railway line.

The doors to Reef will swing open.

Then listen to the ocean.

The Colours of Nature - The Colours of a Lobster

Incredible colours and patterns; the natural  beauty in the colour and markings of a lobster before it meets its fate in the Reef Villa & Spa kitchen.

Victor and Dasha's Buddhist Blessing of their Marriage @ Reef Villa & Spa December 2012

In many religions (both Asian and western), marriage is a sacrament and an essential aspect of religious duty, marriage in Buddhism is purely a secular affair. 

Marriage is considered a personal concern; there are no religious directions on whether or not one should marry or remain unwed. There is also no formal wedding service. This does not, however, mean that Buddhist weddings do not have a rich tradition.

Many guests choose to have a Buddhist blessing of their marriage that has taken place before they arrive in Sri Lanka.

Victor is holding the symbolic betel leaves.

For a Buddhist Blessing at Reef Villa & Spa, a Bouquet of Seasonal Flowers from Nuwara Eliya

For the Buddhist Blessing of Victor and Dasha, a bouquet of seasonal flowers from Nuwara Eliya in the Hill Country