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Ben: Today we woke at 5am, got our stuff together in 30 mins and run outside to a waiting Tuk Tuk, which quickly got us to Kandy Railway station, where we caught the 6:10am Rajadhani express back to Colombo (3hrs) were we then caught a bus to Galle (also 3hrs).
We arrived in Galle at around 1pm, its a very busy city, so we didn't hang …
A thousand words
There have been far too many exceptional moments during this trip to pick a favorite in any category. The Singhalese people were happy and smiling, liked Americans, respected grandmothers and helped Carmen and I in any way they could. They were eager to share their remarkable country and heritage and proud of the variety that is within this one full-of-wonders island. A picture says a thousand words so I will attach several to this ...
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... Rowan about the situation to no avail he is far too interested in looking at all the nubile bodies who trapse back and forth along the shoreline.Im happy to report thatshe finally makes it back after being out there for nearly an hour sadly no lighter than when she entered.Lets put it like this if she was on the Titanic I would get to know her and stick by her side-you understand don't you??? Days drift by and I eat in the South Ceylon vegetarian restaurant-a veritable ...
Enjoying exploring on our own
... when we finally found the shop open. Products sold in the shop include elephant poo paper (artistic and no unpleasant side effects). Even Nassar’s business card is from recycled paper, expressing his values. When Nancy made a purchase and refused the bag to put it in, he knocked the price down. He also gave me a t-shirt. Nice guy.
Just down the street from his shop was the ticket office for the Galle Literary Festival, set to begin the next day and running through ...
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Billed by the Lonely Planet as "a place of dreams : a banana-shaped bend of boiling golden sun massaged by a gentle sea of moonstone blue. It's a place to dream of on drab Monday mornings at the office, a place to fantasise about........." yada, yada, yada, you get the picture. So, who wouldn't go there, eh? Well after being there for an hour or two........we wouldn't. Place is a sh*thole. That may be a tad strong but there's a road that runs right along it (the main ...