THE LAST POST FROM SRI LANKA

Unfortunately the rains came and for the last 4 days it has only rained.  This is an unusual weather pattern as it is not yet Monsoon season.We have been lucky that we were still able to see all of the sights and and the only thing that was disrupted was our seaplane flight from tea country to the coast.  Instead we drove for 6 hours.  It gave us a chance to see the rural nature of most of the island and how the people live.

Now we are in beautiful Cape Weligama right on the sea.

What's amazing is that if you drive for about 20 minutes you are back in  low tea country
which looks like a jungle with the tea plants and the coconut trees as well as cinnamon plants.

After seeing the country side we then had the opportunity to tour Galle Fort and learn about how the country started and the many countries who have influenced the development of Sri Lanka.  Here is a glimpse of the Fort.  But also it is interesting to see the old
buildings which were influenced by the Dutch and Portuguese.


                                                






And the best was saved for last when we were able to visit a turtle conservancy.  We saw where the eggs were laid, then hatched and after three days were were able to help the little ones go back to the sea!