Day 173
Ben had to get up so many times in the night and I doubt that even when he did sleep it was a good one :( We are leaving earlyish so we can get to Galle in good time so we pack our bags and then slowly (and gingerly for Ben) walk down to the road to walk for L&A. Turns out Lee is sick too so it must be something they shared, my bet is the mystery meat, urg. The drive is beautiful and we stop a few times to get pictures of waterfalls which are out of this world stunning. As the drive continues, I take stock of the scenery and think about Sri Lanka. It is easily the most beautiful place we've been and I've fallen in love, even if the food isn't quite for me.
We arrive at Galle at about 2pm and go to our place first, as usual, to drop off our bags.
There's a bit of a mix up as we've only seemed to have paid for 1 person, but it's quickly resolved with a smile and more cash and we make our way to L&A place. Wow it's awesome, it's a cute little cottage, just next to the sea with a pretty decor inside with art and books filling each room. Outside there is a lovely garden with loads of chairs and a pool, and a little gate that takes you straight out onto the beach. The sea is as rough as I remember so I don't think I'll be paddling again. We sit on the sand whilst L&A sort out the drivers. Tonight we are going out for dinner so after a drink, we go back and change and then out for some delicious noms which isn't spicy, yay!!
Day 174
We have breakfast at the cottage this morning and its a yummy Sri Lankan spread which means some is a little hot for me but it's still delicious. We spend the morning sunbathing which is so so good as I've missed my new favourite past time. I slouch on a sun lounger, reading and sleeping. Ah bliss.
At lunch time, we get all dressed up and head into the town of Galle. Lee's never been on a tuk tuk and he's pretty excited. We first head to the office so they can pay the rest of their apartment, then to the bank to change some cash up and then off to explore. The tuk tuk has left us now so we walk off on foot. Galle was once owned by the Portuguese who made the fort and then the Dutch and its building reflect that.
The first place we got to is the Galle Fort Hotel which is where L&A were going to stay but we are all glad they decided on the pretty cottage. It's nice enough but a little soulless and obviously nowhere near the sea. We stop for lunch here though and it's pretty scrummy. I nom an apple and swiss cheese sandwich and tea, scrum. The real exploring starts now and we head towards the fort wall, checking out all the little shops and sweet buildings on the way.
Sri Lanka has crows like we have sea gulls, you can't seem to go anywhere without spotting them and the locals seem to like them as much as we like the gulls. We spot one guy near the wall shooting then down with a catapult, well that's one way to do it. The old fort wall is quite cool to walk around but not in this mid day temperature, and it isn't long before the chap's sunbathing earlier starts turning into sun burn. They are getting redder and redder so we leave the sun lashed wall and head back to the town. We spot cute little churches and odd buildings.
After this L&A want to check out a hotel called the Sun Hotel, we just have to find it first and we wander for quite a while before we find a map, spotting some rare Langur monkeys as we do. We saw one section on the fort call Sun so we head there but after walking for a while and picking up a creepy guide, who the other Tuk Tuk drivers called dangerous, we give up. My tummy is rumbling again so we go back to the Galle Fort Hotel and I have the best Nicoise salad and everyone else's food is just as awesome. I think I might be falling into a food coma.
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