This morning I took the bus down to Galle (pronounced “Gawl” in English but “Gaal-le” locally) which is less than half hour away. Things are very cheap here … the bus ride is about USD0.20 and meals are less than USD1 each.
Galle has an old Fort dating back to the Portuguese, then Dutch then British era. There are about 400 houses, churches, mosques, temples and commercial/government buildings in the Fort in various states of repair and disrepair.
Back in Hikkaduwa in the afternoon, I learnt from two Dutch girls that they had their beer spiked with drug at a neighbouring guesthouse. They were hallucinating badly. They couldn’t work out the motive … whether it was for their money, for sex … or so they could be reported to the cops for taking drugs in exchange for a bribe. Hey everyone, make sure your drink is opened in front of your eyes!
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- The Galle Fort wall.
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- In the streets of Galle Fort.
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- Down at the YMBA … doesn’t quite sound the same does it?
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- The southern edge of Galle Fort.
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- The southern edge of Galle Fort.
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- Lighthouse near Galle Fort.
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- The mosque at the southern edge of Galle Fort.
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- Many signs in Sri Lanka are tri-lingual: Sinhalese, Tamil and English.
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- Outside the Magistrate’s Court at Galle.
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- The Sri Lankan flag … I believe the one behind is the Buddhist flag.
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- The Dutch Reformed Church.
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- The Anglican Church.
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- In the streets of Galle Fort.
