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Sri Lanka ... the wash up

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Our flight from Colombo to KL was scheduled to depart at 12.25am - it would be a long day.  Initially we thought we'd have to check out of the apartment at 10, store the bags and then amuse ourselves till somewhere around 7pm.  It turned out that our apartment owners were not expecting incoming guests and we were able to organise a half-day payment and keep the apartment till 7pm.  And I wanted to do some shopping - having gone with about 13kg, I had plenty of room for interesting clothing (which I love to buy overseas) and fabric! Morning coffee on the balcony (with the horns and other peak-hour noises floating up all 22 floors) and then out about 9am to explore more of Colombo and do some shopping.  We walked down Union Drive towards what we thought was a shopping centre about 1km away.  Odel is a major 'department store' in Colombo - but we soon found out their idea of a department store and ours were poles apart.  Strike 1 for the shopping, but we did...
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I got a bit behind ....

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I've got a bit behind in this … sorry 'bout that folks. When I last wrote we were in Galle - we'd walked the ramparts of the old fort, checked out the new town and explored a bit of the actual Fort area.   On our last full day in Galle (Friday) we checked out a few of the museums & other historical sites. Out after breakfast we headed for the Galle Museum, stopping on the way to have a look at All Saints Church. Consecrated in 1871 it is, unfortunately showing the ravages of the tropical Sri Lankan weather and now in desperate need of a weather-proof roof and TLC and a good coat of paint.    Next, a brief stop at the Bell Tower (the bell is now used in the event of tsunamis) - and studiously avoiding the guy with the cobra in a basket and a flute in his mouth  the old Post Office and then on to the Museum itself.  Only tiny it has a small collection of artefacts from days gone by. After the museum, we headed for another l...
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