Galle

13th March 2005

We decided to take a walk along the beach to Galle. Jason estimated that it was about 20km and Claire agreed to go if she could decide when we could catch a bus if we got too hot or too tired.

Whilst the walk along the beach was beautiful it also gave us a chance to see the effect of the Tsunami on the coast line. We started walking at 7am as it was so hot during the day.

Fishermen were back to work despite the rumours of little or no fish to be caught.

There were a lot of new boats and new nets around the beaches. A fisherman was very keen on telling us his boat had been destroyed and could we help him!

Locals with their catch.

What's left of this boat points out to sea as if to watch for further destruction.

The waves were strong, so bringing in the catch was hard work.

These locals had their house destroyed but they didn't really seem to care. They were very smiley. The kids obviously mistook us for a sweet shop, but dad was pretty cool.

The most harrowing moment of the morning was discovering exactly what time the wave hit this coast.

This was one of many tent camps that we saw in our time along this coast of Sri Lanka.

Galle fort was an interesting place for a stroll. It was originally built by the Portuguese, and taken by the Dutch who in turn lost it to the British.

The well built fort had protected some of Galle.

The cricket ground near the bus station wasn't so lucky.

The locals thank the international help.
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