The Dutch House Galle

... suis ballade un peu dans la nouvelle ville mais pas terrible et une chaleur etouffante, on va pas se plaindre. Retour en bus local encore pour 15 roupies, ca depend des compagnies pour le prix.
Me change et direction la plage, en chemin m'arrete manger un roti tomates ail et fromage ( sorte de crepe pliee en 4) et un jus de banane frais. Il se met a pleuvoir un peu, donc vais sur internet uploader quelques photos sur msn.
Puis vais au Hard Rock manger un tres bon ...

... 8211; just perfect!

I walked down straight onto the beach, which is in a great setting. The beautiful, blue clear waters and clean, bright white sand are all se in a crescent-shaped Unawatuna Bay, with palm trees and tiny beachside cafes, unobtrusively hidden among the shrubbery. It’s clearly recovering, but this area, along with many other south-west and western beaches, suffered horrendously from the tsunami. It caused major damage and ...

... wildlife. I don't know how much of an affect all the noise the jeeps make has on the animals... I was surprised at how much noise it took to scare off the leopards so maybe they are used to it. While I'm not sure a full day safari is really necessary, especially at this park with so many animals, we were really glad we did it. Galle We took a multiple bus ride journey along the beautiful west coast of Sri Lanka to an adorable town called Galle. The ...

... may get them to grow tea and spices for you, but in the end, the culture remains with the natives, the people taking what they like from the invaders, and discarding the rest. Galle Fort, of course is the main attraction for most people visiting the town. It is probably a couple of kilometers in circumference, and in the interior is a little village housing any number of antique, gem, coin, and history "museums" that one can stroll around in. The lanes are narrow, and ...

... the world go by! People wave at you and smile and you get to see a lot more of the country than you would if you just stuck to the roads! Watch out for pick pockets thou as someone on the train tried to take our camera - it's the same in any country you visit! Another day we decided to go out Deep Sea fishing, this I do not recommend! It involved a tin boat, a very strong current, and what I think was a piece of rope with bait on it to catch the ...

... boa forma de contacto com as gentes locais (por vezes demasiado próximo :-)), no entanto nunca encontámos outros turistas nas nossas viagens em autocarro. Chegados a Galle, cenhecemos um carteiro local que nos levou até a uma pensão no Forte de Galle, e assim ficamos alojados mesmo no centro da cidade velha (mais tarde voltámos a encontrar o carteiro e este pediu-nos dinheiro para uma cerveja em troca do favor). O tempo em Galle estava bastante bom, passámos a ...

... relaxed I considered my next move....what to do...the plan was to go to Hikaduwwa to do some scuba diving although I phoned up and all the dive shops were shut due to bad seas. So after a night of heavy raining I decided to move on back towards Colombo. On the way up I stopped at one of the many turtle sanctuaries, which was pretty good, however like the rest of the south effected by the tsunami and desperately needs some help.

Why did we go to Sri Lanka? ... a little background... In the year 715, the Island then known as Celyon saw a great king emerge. His kingdom was passed down from generation to generation and saw relative harmony and peace for almost 1,100 years... the longest single dynasty of any nation in recorded history. Many things we currently take for granted in everyday life originated from this dynasty including hop-scotch, crocheting, mashed ...

... back to Galle. The curry was not as nice as this afternoons but it was OK. I asked for the bill and along with it came a free shot of whisky (how nice is that?) I downed it in one gulp! JOKE!!! I sent it back with the payment telling the waiter I didn't drink, the shocked look on his face is something I have come accustomed to over the years. I had a little chat with the guy (and yes it started with 'where from you?), he was also going on about the party at Vibrations and how ...

... Soph. " I get special rates where I go" he replied, and off he went, all rotund and sweaty. After a really superb meal of steamed kingfish in plantation leaf and banana flambé, which was specially good as they turned out the lights, smothered it with cognac and set it alight in true holiday fashion, we walked forlornly back to our cottage to pack. The flight to Sri Lanka the next morning would leave at 9.55am, with the taxi arriving at 8am. The next morning we got to the airport at 8 ...