the

OTHER SIDE

This is where we flip it.


This is the part where you get dirty, sweaty, sunburned, and grinning ear to ear.


It’s dawn surf with salt in your eyes. A hike that leaves your legs shot but your head clear.


The Other Side is where the good stuff hides. And if you’ve got the guts to show up, you’ll leave with something you can’t put in a suitcase.

This is where we flip it.


This is the part where you get dirty, sweaty, sunburned, and grinning ear to ear.


It’s dawn surf with salt in your eyes. A hike that leaves your legs shot but your head clear.


The Other Side is where the good stuff hides. And if you’ve got the guts to show up, you’ll leave with something you can’t put in a suitcase.

Where the ocean writes the script.

Surf's up!

Paddle out with the locals while the Fort is still asleep. The lineup is mellow, the light is gold.

Dawn Patrol at Dewata

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Paddle out with the locals while the Fort is still asleep. The lineup is mellow, the light is gold.

Dawn Patrol at Dewata

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Paddle out with the locals while the Fort is still asleep. The lineup is mellow, the light is gold.

Dawn Patrol at Dewata

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Boards under floodlights, music bleeding from the shore, waves turning into theatre.

Hand-Shaped Boards

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Boards under floodlights, music bleeding from the shore, waves turning into theatre.

Hand-Shaped Boards

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Boards under floodlights, music bleeding from the shore, waves turning into theatre.

Hand-Shaped Boards

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Meet the shapers who carve the coast into fiberglass and foam. Learn, watch, or ride their craft.

Midnight Surf at Unawatuna

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Meet the shapers who carve the coast into fiberglass and foam. Learn, watch, or ride their craft.

Midnight Surf at Unawatuna

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Meet the shapers who carve the coast into fiberglass and foam. Learn, watch, or ride their craft.

Midnight Surf at Unawatuna

GALLE, SRI LANKA

For the ones who like to go off road.

Making wild moves

Cinnamon groves, temple bells, hidden beaches. End it with a plunge at Jungle Beach.

Jungle Trek to Rumassala

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Cinnamon groves, temple bells, hidden beaches. End it with a plunge at Jungle Beach.

Jungle Trek to Rumassala

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Cinnamon groves, temple bells, hidden beaches. End it with a plunge at Jungle Beach.

Jungle Trek to Rumassala

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Swing, leap, repeat.

Salt, grit, and laughter.

Cliff Jumps at Dalawella

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Swing, leap, repeat.

Salt, grit, and laughter.

Cliff Jumps at Dalawella

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Swing, leap, repeat.

Salt, grit, and laughter.

Cliff Jumps at Dalawella

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Enfields along the south coast highway at dusk. Helmets off for kottu and arrack at roadside shacks.

Coastal Bike Runs

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Enfields along the south coast highway at dusk. Helmets off for kottu and arrack at roadside shacks.

Coastal Bike Runs

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Enfields along the south coast highway at dusk. Helmets off for kottu and arrack at roadside shacks.

Coastal Bike Runs

GALLE, SRI LANKA

No spa gloss. Just the real thing.

For the body + soul

Oils, chants, coconut water. Centuries of healing in tiled courtyards.

Ayurveda at Sunrise

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Oils, chants, coconut water. Centuries of healing in tiled courtyards.

Ayurveda at Sunrise

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Oils, chants, coconut water. Centuries of healing in tiled courtyards.

Ayurveda at Sunrise

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Sit with artisans who carve devil masks by hand. Try it, take it, remember it.

Mask Carving in Ambalangoda

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Sit with artisans who carve devil masks by hand. Try it, take it, remember it.

Mask Carving in Ambalangoda

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Sit with artisans who carve devil masks by hand. Try it, take it, remember it.

Mask Carving in Ambalangoda

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Clay pots, lagoon crab curries, cinnamon smoke. Learn the spice handoffs that make this coast.

Cooking with Fire

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Clay pots, lagoon crab curries, cinnamon smoke. Learn the spice handoffs that make this coast.

Cooking with Fire

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Clay pots, lagoon crab curries, cinnamon smoke. Learn the spice handoffs that make this coast.

Cooking with Fire

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Culture doesn’t sit still. Neither do we.

Made in the motherland

Murals tucked between Dutch walls. Guided by the artists themselves.

Street Art in Galle Fort

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Murals tucked between Dutch walls. Guided by the artists themselves.

Street Art in Galle Fort

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Murals tucked between Dutch walls. Guided by the artists themselves.

Street Art in Galle Fort

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Baila, funk, and rare grooves spun on Lankan pressings. By Tropical Wax, Sri Lanka.

Vinyl Nights in Courtyards

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Baila, funk, and rare grooves spun on Lankan pressings. By Tropical Wax, Sri Lanka.

Vinyl Nights in Courtyards

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Baila, funk, and rare grooves spun on Lankan pressings. By Tropical Wax, Sri Lanka.

Vinyl Nights in Courtyards

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Indie Sri Lankan films projected on the ramparts. Directors, drinks, and sea air.

Cinema Under the Stars

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Indie Sri Lankan films projected on the ramparts. Directors, drinks, and sea air.

Cinema Under the Stars

GALLE, SRI LANKA

Indie Sri Lankan films projected on the ramparts. Directors, drinks, and sea air.

Cinema Under the Stars

GALLE, SRI LANKA

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