Our time in the Up country is finished so today is the dreaded trip to a place on the ocean called Galle. We’re going to see retired policeman who met someone from Germany and he’s interested in having services in the area. I call it the dreaded trip only because of how long its going to take. The trip should take us pretty much south around 240km. But we’ve been told that the road is washed out in certain areas because of heavy rains the week before. I’m not sure that I mentioned it but its actually monsoon season here. We’ve been really lucky and had no rain at all, but apparently the week before they had very heavy rains. So that means our trip takes us back towards Colombo, then over to Galle. So instead of 240km’s, according to google maps its still only about 285kms. Remember they don’t have good roads and our driver doesn’t go faster than 60km’s, lets average it out and say he’s driving at 40kms. ….so how long did it take? Google maps says 4 hrs…..we left at 8:30, stopped to look at a suspension bridge and we got there around 5pm….so with lunch around 8 hrs. To go 285KM’s!!
Interesting drive when we went down Galle road. It’s a road that runs right along the coast. The same coast that at 9:46 am on Dec 26, 2004 got hit by the backlash of the tsunami. There were lots of remnants of houses destroyed because they were close to the water. We finally got to our hotel and had a chance to stick our feet into the Indian Ocean.
Your travels will really give you an appreciation for driving on the 401. I hope you're bringing some tea home for Carolyn.
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