Many people think of Kalpitiya as part of the northern peninsula, but it is the upper end of the pincer-like section of Puttalam district that juts up on the map from Palavia Junction.
Kalpitiya was formerly famous for its St. Anna Church, which was highly revered by Talawila Christians.
When I went to Kalpitiya about 30 years ago when I was very young, there was a strange surrounding.
The population is mainly Muslim, since Edavas
Onion plantations, the green cucumbers for export called "gherkins", delicious frogs and fried crabs, the first quail eggs I ever ate, huge tasty squids covered in plates, kilos of guavas and pomegranates, tied around the neck like three hulas. Goats (to prevent them from entering other people's farms), sea cucumbers, which are dried for export, which look unpleasant even to the eye, shark fins for soup, which is a forbidden business, forbidden turtle meat, high-quality dry fruits and fish, and the best type of shrimp in the island, the yellow flurry lagoon. The shrimp and its people made me feel like I was taken to a different world.
Back then, the only place to stay was the government's Kabal shelter, the blaring Kabal fan drying the clinging masks with the wind. But today it is a tourist paradise, with eco-friendly tourist hotels.
Kalpitiya, which was now a major economic hub, is at the top spot for dolphin watching in the world.
Newly completed luxury hotels are endless, so beautiful, eco-friendly..
Banana cultivation, which is made by carting and filling the soil with high salinity, is very successful.
Although there is a police force, there are problems with people's life and sea, smuggling, illegal cache nets, Kerala ganja, anti-trafficking, etc., but most of the administration is done by the navy, and a strict law is enforced in the sea.
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