Ocean View Guestbook

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

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

great little web site i wish you all the very best of luck for the future. Carl.

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

Dear 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

Dear Mark,
Thank you for the great trip. You did a good job.You are the best driver and guide of whole Sri Lanka.We will send some pictures to you.
Greetings from Jeroem/Sandra
Sjoerd/Janet

Dear Marc,
I am sending you the photo we took in Kandy at the end of our circuit with you.We all enjoyed our tour of the ancient cities very much and want to thank you for your help and information.It was especially nice to visit places we did noy know about,like Nalande and the toddy tappers,and of course the Elephant ride! It was also interesting to have our very own guide to Anuradhapura and to be able to talk to a real Sri Lankan about your country.We especially appreciated your safe driving and calm Attitude.We will be recommending your service to our friends.
I hope all is well with you at the Ocean View and that business is good.
Best wishes,
C.wright and others.

Dear Mark
Thank you very much for being our driver and guide this last week.We enjoyed it very much and loved the safe way you drive and your kindness.Rianne appreciate the birthday cake you give her very much on her 10th birthday.It was very kind..! Thank you.
Next time we visit Sri Lanka we like to stay in "OCEAN VIEW" and hope you will be our driver again maybe in some years as we save "some" money...?
Good luck to you and your family and live in peace dear greetings from Pexer,Rianne and Marjan.