Galle Fort

Galle Fort

I’m staying in Galle Fort, built in 1588 by the Portuguese and fortified in the 17th Century by the Dutch. The 2004 tsunami devastated this area, killing over 30,000 people, but the buildings inside the fort were mostly protected. In an interesting side note,...
Dhammika’s Family

Dhammika’s Family

This trip had some crummy travel, the outbound flight arriving past midnight and the return leaving in the wee hours of morning, but Sri Lanka is still a unique place to shake off the grit and slip into the silk jammies of the jungle. So, I saw a herd of a hundred...