Today is Sister Jayarathne's birthday. One of the things she wanted to do was go and explore Galle. We left at 6:15 in the morning so we could explore all that is around here.
Galle is a jewel. The seaside of Galle is 116 Km away from Colombo.
Driving down the south coast of Sri Lanka is very beautiful!
We were lucky to be able to see the scenery by van. Our driver was the best and knew about so many places to stop.
One place we stopped was the Galle Fort. Walking up to the fort we met this man. He had his boa, a monkey and a cobra.
Before I knew what was happening he had the boa around my neck! 😲
Hey Sisters! You were suppose to be by my side. Leaving me all alone with this boa around my neck! 😞
He also had a cobra snake. I didn't get close to that one.
On top of Galle. Galle Fort is in the Bay of Galle on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka.
It was built first in 1588 by the Portuguese, then it was extensively fortified bt the Dutch during the 17th century from 1649 onwards.
Did you know that the Galle Fort is a world heritage site and the largest remaining fortress in Asia built by European occupiers? 🤔
After visiting the fort we stopped at this place for lunch.
Very nice ocean view.
I ordered fried fish and chips. Yum!
After lunch we took more pictures of the ocean by the lighthouse.
The Galle lighthouse was constructed in 1848.
Building by the lighthouse.
Street down Galle.
Ken by the ocean.
Statue of Buhdda.
Stairs inside Buhdda.
Notice the beautiful painting. Even on the stairs.
Beautiful carvings!
Elephant outside the Buhddist Temple. A Buhddist ritual is for children to go under the belly, then under the trunk, then under the belly of an elephant. When they are finished they kiss the elephant which is to help them grow strong.
Very big Buhdda!
Stopped by a turtle sanctuary. They help raise 5 different types of turtles.
Turtle eggs that aren't going to hatch.
Two turtles enjoying the water.
This is an albino turtle named Micheal Jackson.
Isn't he cute!
Isn't he cute!
Some of the turtles they have have been hurt or are handicapped.
What a neat thing they are doing to help keep the turtles alive.
Played in the ocean for a while.
Temple out in the ocean.
More of the ocean.
Going on a boat ride with Sister Jayarathne, Sister Basthiyan, and the Lathens.
The boat ride took us through many mangroves.
Boat Safari In Madu River
Men fishing
Fishing boats
Beautiful scenery
Heading towards Cinnamon Island.
He is taking the bark off of a cinnamon branch. It smells so good! Couldn't resist. Had to buy cinnamon oil, cinnamon sticks and cinnamon spice. 😊
Making rope from hairs off a coconut.
Flower on the island.
They have the most beautiful flowers.
More scenery
Clouds starting to roll in.
Getting darker!
Starting to rain.
Before we made it back to shore we were all very wet, even with a cover over the boat. Good thing it was warm. Once we landed they had towels for all of us to dry off. I wore jeans and it took two days for them to dry. 😄
The last thing we did was to sing happy birthday to Sister Jayarathne. Happy Birthday!
We had a super fun day and were so happy to share this day with some wonderful missionaries here in Sri Lanka!
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