But beyond the flamboyance of the shows on the beach, a dark story was unfolding beneath the blue waters. It was the story of Hikkaduwa’s once-famous coral gardens. Montipora Coral reefs are known as ...

“The next day he drove us down to Hikkaduwa, a pristine little fishing village built on a coral reef where Arthur (C. Clarke) had his house and scuba-diving business. There were four or five ...