Galle Stories


To Galle

To see my stories click on the pull-down menu Journals, then click Intrepid Sri Lanka. To enlarge a picture, click on it. Click Next for the next story. Nice hour or two on the beach then decided to visit Galle on the bus. Got outside the hotel and Premil was immediately by our side. He could take use for 1300 rupees. We agreed. Will we never learn? ...


Kandy Galle Unawatuna : Day 6

Day 6 : Wake up at 4.30 am to take the 5.20 am train to Galle.We were headed to a beach called Unawatuna which is at the Southernmost tip of the Island. This place was recommended to us by the locals over Hikkaduwa. Supposed to be less populated and has a wonderful stretch of beach. The train was nothing like we expected – we bought second class t...


April: Kerala King & Ceylon Dion

Bit late this time, so apologies to those waiting for an update - both of you. Now where were we to? Yes indeed - it was Kochi and the first One Day International between those bestest of buddies, India and Pakistan. Having gone to great lengths to explain to Helen how lucky she was to be sat amongst 85,000 nutjobs and to see the greats such as Tendu...


Lost the Plot

HI! Left the beach today! I am severely sunburned though and look like some kind of alien. We are now in a city called Galle. We are living in a room in someone’s home again, it’s quite nice, we have our own bathroom and there is a balcony. Starting to get a bit miffed with traveling though. You get no peace since everyone is always asking ...