Entry from 10.04.2008 at 12:46
I would like to give
many thanks,to Mark
Thamel for all the
hospitality he
showed,and a great
ten day tour of Sri
Lanka,great service
all the way from the
pick up at the
airport till the day
of departure
seventeen days
later.
Holiday dates 8
March-27 2008
Kind regards G
Baylis and all the
rest of the group
Entry from 16.03.2008 at 12:16
Amber Howard
from AustraliaMark,
Thank you so much
for all your help in
organising our 12
day tour of Sri
Lanka. Our driver,
Wasantha was
brillant. He spoke
great English and
was full of useful
and interesting
information.
Despite
numerous travel
warnings against
visiting Sri Lanka,
we had a wonderful
time and didn't feel
threatened in the
slightest. My
advice to anyone
thinking of visiting
Sri Lanka would be
just go. It's
fantastic!! Email
Mark and he'll point
you in the right
direction.
Ocean View Guest
House was a lovely
hotel in a very
convenient location.
Highly
recommended.
Once again,
thank you Mark,
we'll be sure to
contact you should
we find ourselves in
Sri Lanka again.
Kind
regards
Amber & Oliver
Entry from 12.02.2008 at 17:31
Hannah Culley
from Englandvery beautiful place
to stay and
relax..... had a
great time there and
the tours that they
run are great value
for money!!! Mark
the owner is a
really nice guy,
thanks so much for
the wonderful
time!!!
Entry from 08.02.2008 at 17:05
Me and my wife
stayed for one night
in Ocean View
Guesthouse in
january 2008 and
after spending 2
weeks in Sri Lanka
and changing 10
hotels I can say
that it is a great
place compared to
other Sri Lankan
hotels. It is clean,
comfortable and
people working there
are very nice which
is the most
important.
Their 24 hours
airport pickup
service was also of
great help.
But
the thing that I am
most thankful to Mr.
Thamel (owner) is
that he helped us to
find a driver there.
We first wanted to
do the traveling
ourselves with
public transport.
But when you arrive
to Sri Lanka you
will see that it is
impossible, if you
want to see all the
things in Sri Lanka
for short time. So
we called Mr. Thamel
from Colombo and he
helped us to get in
contact with great
driver Mr.Rajith and
didn't ask any money
for his services (of
course we payed
driver and the price
as we found out
later was fare).
I also regret that
we didn't book one
of tours from this
site, since it seems
like we didn't save
to much money and I
really had troubles
organizing the trip
myself.
All our
recommendation to
Mr. Thamel, Mr.
Rajith and Ocean
View Guesthouse.
Entry from 31.01.2008 at 17:20
Edwina Pereira.
from Bangalore, IndiDear Mark
Thank
you for all the
arrangments for our
Sri Lanka Trip.
Here's wishing that
this year is your
best ever in terms
of all you ever
wanted to achieve.
Take care
The
Pereiras from
Bangalore
Entry from 25.12.2007 at 18:02
Dear Mr. Mark
Thamel
We
have returned to
Japan safely today.
The travel
was able to be
continued really
comfortably during
our stay in
Srilanka.
Especially,
Mr.Wasantha of our
guide improved and
Sri Lanka took to it
also compared with
before.
When
Mr. Ogawa who
traveled together
comes next time, he
expects that it
surely comes by
company with his
wife.
Your
guesthouse continues
to desire to be one
of the houses which
become one step of a
comfortable trip for
the visitor from the
world.
It is
expected that I can
meet you at the time
of a next visit.
Best
regards,
Tsutomu Satoh,
Tomohiko
Ogawa
Entry from 10.12.2007 at 19:04
Deciros que los
días que
pasamos en esta
Guest House
estuvieron muy bien,
el trato,tanto de Mr
Thamel, como el de
sus empleados fue
super agradable en
todo momento. Aparte
de que te resuelven
todas tus dudas.
Creo que Negombo y
Ocean View son una
muy buena
opción para
llegar desde el
aeropuerto en vez de
ir a Colombo. Our
best wishes mr
thamel for you and
your staff and
thanks a lot for
everything..hoping
to visit you again
..Malena y Marga
Entry from 09.09.2007 at 19:32
Carl Sayonas.
from United Kingdom.great little web
site i wish you all
the very best of
luck for the future.
Carl.
Entry from 14.02.2007 at 16:23
In my experience,
Mr. Thamel (Or Mr.
Mark as we know
him), runs a very
pleasant
establishment which
is of excellent
value.
It
has a good range of
rooms to cater for
most budgets, tastes
and requirements.
His ‘Airport
Limo’ service
utilises a clean,
smart and safe
estate car (or
station wagon),
having plenty of
room for luggage.
However what
marks out ‘Ocean
View’ most, in my
mind, is that it
possesses a delicate
balance of service
that I’ve seldom
found in Sri
Lanka.
Generally the Sri
Lankan people are
friendly and
helpful. Sometimes
this can manifest
itself to the extent
that this
‘helpfulness’ is far
too ‘in your face’
for the average
‘western’ taste.
Mr. Mark and
his helpful staff
are very relaxed and
friendly, however
they are never ‘in
your face’.
In
my experience they
do, however, possess
an uncanny knack of
knowing just when to
be of assistance.
Many thanks
for some very
relaxing and hassle
free stays !
I
hope to visit again
some day.
Chris from UK
Entry from 10.02.2007 at 17:08
Sam & Erlijn
from The NetherlandsDear Mark,
We would like to
thank you for our
pleasant stay at
Oceanview from
January 25 till
January 27. The
rooms were nice and
clean, the service
has been superb and
the atmosphere is
very friendly!
Although you offer a
lot of services you
have never been
pushy, which we very
much appreciated.
The taxi service
from the airport
upon our arrival as
well as the taxi
ride to Aluthgama
were very
comfortable. Thank
you for your great
hospitality. We'll
certainly recommend
your guesthouse to
others. Take
care!
Erlijn &
Samantha