Galle Fort

This is our final activity day in Lanka. To be really honest, since Mr. Kalan left us yesterday evening, ONLY THEN our adventure started. We were alone in Sri Lanka. Ooooooh. :P No guides, just a few scribbled notes at the back of M's weathered AirAsia boarding pass.

6.45 am: I was awaken by the rhythms of the waves.

8 am: We were …

... .30 we jumped into a tuk-tuk and headed for the illustrious Lighthouse Hotel 10 minutes north. Designed by Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka's most acclaimed architect, The Lighthouse looks like nothing from the outside, but once inside, it oozes stylishness. ...

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Just a short day trip to Galle to see it's old Dutch fort. :) ...

... to move around the coast a bit and have a few sunny days before home. Jumped on the local bus for a day trip to Galle, Sri Lanka's 4th largest city.  It's known for the old town entire within the walls of the old British / Dutch / Portuguese ...

... Lanka were world champions not so long ago. From the old railway station I took a train north to the  ' cultural triangle ' of Sri Lanka. Anuradhapura is the former old capital which is only 300 kms away but it took the train all day to reach ...

... it was all over, we were able to stroll again around the wall perimeter and finish off the day with Sri Lankan rice and curry at Mama’s Galle Fort Rooftop Café. The stars were behind the clouds that night, but the lighthouse took their place with ...

... cidade velha, mas năo tivemos tempo para fazer praia porque o dia seguintte era o nosso último no Sri Lanka e ainda tinhamos que viajar de volta a Colombo. De Galle, seguimos para Colombo de combóio. A maior parte da linha é junto ao mar por isso ...

A very short bus ride from Mirissa to our final stop in Sri Lanka, in fact on the Indian sub-continent, Galle. The town is split into two parts, the old town: Galle fort, and the new town. Galle fort occupies a peninsular, and is totally surrounded by a ...

... separate but at least we had seats!! This train literally hugs the coast most of the way down and we got our first glimpses of Sri Lanka's famed beaches. Even from the train you could tell they were stunning, and what's more how many there was. All of ...

After a few hours topping up the tan on the beach, I ventured back westbound to the venerable port of Galle, Sri Lanka's fourth largest city.  At the heart of Galle - but strangely detached from it - lies the old Dutch quarter, known as the ...