Gap year in Sri Lanka

On the 20th of April, I arrived in Sri Lanka and was picked up by the assigned driver, Douglas. The communication between the local coordinator/ host was extremely good as he gave me an update as to when Douglas would arrive. The drive was about 3 hours depending on the traffic to the volunteer house, beautiful seaside city. The whole family I stayed with were all genuinely nice people and the volunteers were so welcoming, I definitely felt like I was able to join in very quickly with everyone. The food was always freshly prepared and it's generally of the local variety, personally I liked it very much and always went up for seconds, however I can only speak for myself.
I came to Sri Lanka for 2 weeks and thought originally that I was only going to be stuck with the medical programme, this was not the case and almost every day, I was able to choose the different things I would like to do. I still went to observe at the local hospital every morning, but swapped the afternoons around, from teaching the nurses English to helping out at orphanage and there are still more choices.
My time at the local hospital (Karapitiya hospital) was extremely beneficial, I was situated in the ETU (emergency treatment unit) and was also able to see diseases like dengue fever that are only prevalent in tropical regions such as Sri Lanka.
During the weekend I was there, I went to Yala National Park with 9 others and it was amazing. We got to see 2 leopards, an elephant and tons of other animals, it was definitely worth it.
I enjoyed every moment in Sri Lanka and hoped that I could have stayed longer, I am so glad I went with PMGY because I don't know if anyone else could have organised the same thing. If you are thinking whether you should choose this instead of another, really don’t, because I have looked on the internet and this is by far the most affordable and you definitely get your money’s worth.