Colombo, August 13, 2008
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Tuesday, August 13, 2008
Hi everybody!
I think it’s been almost two weeks since my last dispatch. Sorry about that, but I’ve been doing some traveling, and haven’t had a solid chunk of time in which to write. So now I have a bunch of catching up to do.
On Friday the 1st I drove with Jerry from Batticaloa to Unawatuna, a tourist resort on the south coast a couple of kilometers from the city of Galle. Galle itself is an ancient trading port, and was used by the Portuguese and Dutch as their primary depot. The British used Galle as well, but by that time Colombo was gaining in prominence. Galle Fort is the old section of town; it is enclosed by Dutch-built walls, complete with parapets and towers. Looking at it I was reminded of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” ride at Disneyland; at any moment I expected a pirate ship to sail up and start firing cannon.
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