Thai five stars beach hotel

Thailand have similar weather with Sri Lanka, and hotels of  Thailand used traditional culture mix with contemporary design elements.
Below pictures from Melati Beach Resort & Spa Koh Samui, Thailand.

Mirissa

those pictures shows great view from mirissa, which site of the hotel

Located close to the Southern tip of the Island of Sri Lanka and only about 200 km from the Equator, this secluded crescent shaped beach is the perfect place to sit back, relax .

Geography of Sri Lanka

More than 90% of Sri Lanka's surface lies on Precambrian strata, some of it dating back 2 billion years. The granulite facies rocks of the Highland Series (gneisses, sillimanite-graphite gneisses, quartzite, marbles, and some charnokites) make up most of the island and the amphibolite facies gneisses, granites, and granitic gneisses of the Vinjayan Series occur in the eastern and southeastern lowlands. Jurassic sediments are present in very small areas near the western coast and Miocene limestones underlie the northwestern part of the country and extend south in a relatively narrow belt along the west coast.^[1] The metamorphic rock surface was created by the transformation of ancient sediments under intense heat and pressure during mountain-building processes. The theory of plate tectonics suggests that these rocks and related rocks forming most of south India were part of a single southern landmass called Gondwanaland. Beginning about 200 million years ago, forces within the Earth's mantle began to separate the lands of the Southern Hemisphere, and a crustal plate supporting both India and Sri Lanka moved toward the northeast. About 45 million years ago, the Indian plate collided with the Asian landmass, raising the Himalayas in northern India, and continuing to advance slowly to the present time. Sri Lanka does not experience earthquakes or major volcanic events because it rides on the center of the plate.

The island contains relatively limited strata of sedimentation surrounding its ancient uplands. Aside from recent deposits along river valleys, only two small fragments of Jurassic (140 to 190 million years ago) sediment occur in Puttalam District, while a more extensive belt of Miocene (5 to 20 million years ago) limestone is found along the northwest coast, overlain in many areas by Pleistocene (1 million years ago) deposits. The northwest coast is part of the deep Cauvery (Kaveri) River Basin of southeast India, which has been collecting sediments from the highlands of India and Sri Lanka since the breakup of Gondwanaland.

refer from wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Sri_Lanka

traditional building materials in Sri Lanka

The building materials used to varying degrees in Sri Lanka are as follows: burnt clay bricks, cement and cement products including asbestos-cement sheets, corrugated iron, aluminum, alloy, fiber glass and bituminous sheets, structural steel, earth, common clay and soil blocks, natural stones, lime, timber(including bamboo) and tiles.  Agricultural fiber wastes are used to a limited extent in specific applications. Building components such as glass and ceramics (sanitary ware, tiles, and pipes) are also used. The choice of materials is determined by the particular environment of their use (rural and urban), cost, aesthetic appearance, functional considerations and their availability.

The use of building materials is quite different in rural and in urban areas. Locally available indigenous materials are widely used in many rural areas.

Traditional materials

An island wide survey on rural housing conducted by the national building research organization in 1984 revealed that earth(61.8%), burnt clay bricks(16.2%), rubble(8.1%),cement products (4.8%), cabook (4.1%), timber and other materials (0.9%) are the materials used in superstructure walls of rural houses. Earth construction was mainly in the form of wattle and daub (50.4%) with rammed earth (8.4%) and adobe (4.6%) confined to certain areas of country.

As regards the roofing material, cadjan is the most popular with 42.6% of the housing units using it as the prime material. Straw and palmyrah thatching have been used in 4.1% and 1.6% houses respectively. Clay tiles constitute 33.8% of the houses while 10.8% houses are roofed with corrugated sheets.

The majority of urban houses have brick walls (62%) tiled roof cover (47.7%) and cement floors (78%).

burnt red clay bricks

cadjan

 palmyrah tree

weather of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Weather is tropical: hot and humid. Having said that, we must hasten to add same couldn’t be said of the whole expanse of the Indian Ocean Island. Climatically Sri Lanka is divided into two zones: the dry zone that spreads over the Northern plains, North central plains, eastern plains and northern and eastern coastal belt. The Wet Zone that encompasses south western region and the single mountain mass of the island that is aptly called the Central Highlands. 

Sri Lanka’s weather patterns are generally well-defined. However weather in the global scale moving in with widespread climatic changes, in Sri Lanka too it could rain unexpectedly: when it ought to be sunny and it could be raining and when it ought to be raining, it could be sun shine.

Temperature in Sri Lanka

The location of the Island of Sri Lanka being just above the equator, the average temperature is quite high. Average temperature in Sri Lanka fluctuates between 27° and 29° Celsius. As everywhere, sea-winds exert a moderating influence. The areas of the Central Highlands are of varying levels of temperature in accordance with the altitude: Kandy (altitude 500m), the average temperature is 20°C, while Nuwara Eliya (at 1889m) has a temperate 16°C average. Warm clothes are essential in the Central Highlands.

Humidity in Sri Lanka

Between December and March, monsoon winds come from the northeast, bringing moisture from the Bay of Bengal. Humidity is typically higher in the southwest and the Central Highlands and depends on the seasonal patterns of rainfall. In the coastal areas such Colombo experience daytime humidity above 70% all year round, rising to almost 90% during the monsoon season in June. Anuradhapura experiences a daytime low of 60% during the monsoon month of March, but a high of 79% during the November and December rains. In the highlands, Kandy's daytime humidity usually ranges between 70% and 79%.

Rainfall in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka lies 400 miles north of the equator and is affected by two monsoon seasons caused by the winds originating from the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. The monsoon weather patterns in Sri Lanka ensure that some beaches of the coastal belts are always in season for swimming, snorkeling, and diving.

From May to August the south-west monsoon originates from the Indian Ocean brings rain to the island’s southwestern half wet zone, receive ample rainfall (an annual average of 250 centimeters.

From October to January the north-east monsoon blows, bringing rain to the North and East. Most of the southeast, east, and northern parts of the country comprise the dry zone, which receives between 120 and 190 centimeters of rain annually.

When to go in Sri Lanka

November to March - Weather in Sri Lanka

The principal tourist season in Sri Lanka is during November to March when it is the dry season for South western and Southern beaches and the Central Highlands. November through March are also the months when most foreign tourists visit, the majority of them escaping the European winter. During the Christmas to New Year holiday season, in particular, accommodation rates at tourist hotels hit the highest levels all over the island in view of the sharp upsurge of inward traffic of tourists into the island. Advance booking of hotel rooms during this period is highly recommended.

April to September - Weather in Sri Lanka

The secondary tourist season that span from April to September suits well to tour in the ancient cities of the north Central Plains and the eastern coast. 

Jewelry

Sri Lanka's Jewelry is of superior craftsmanship that competes on the international level bringing in foreign revenue into the country. Sri Lanka has two traditions in designing jewelry: Galle Low Country Traditional also called Western Traditional and Kandyan traditional. The Galle tradition features gold and precious stones while the Kandyan tradition features intricate metal work especially in silver. The tourists from the western countries, Japan and Russia find Galle Low Country Traditional to their great liking.

Mat weaving

Since the ancient times, Mat weaving used to be practiced by rural women at home while their husbands were away at work in paddy fields or Chena cultivation in Sri Lanka. Today, mat weaving is a popular cottage industry with established sales outlets around Sri Lanka. A fiber similar to Jute extracted from the leaves of Hana – a hemp grown wild in the marshy lands of Sri Lanka is processed, dyed and woven in patterns.

The modern Mat weaving craftsmen in Sri Lanka, to keep up with contemporary requirements, have introduced innovations in producing cushion covers, hand bags, shopping bags, letter holders, fans, screens etc. For centuries, Dumbara valley of the Kandy district has been famous for its production of mats with Distinctive design and colour schemes.