On arrival at Colombo Fort Station we decided to ring our accommodation hosts prior to our arrival at their home, but was unable to use the public phone.
We requested information at the stations tourist office, and ended up with a full plan and costs from Ferdinando on what his plan would be for our holiday here.
As we had most accommodation booked we told him we would let him know if he could help.
We took a tuk tuk taxi after agreeing on a price and headed to Colombo 5 area to check in our room. The driver found the street, but, the number we had did not marry up so he used his phone to ring our host who gave clear instructions to a long drive with a large black double gate. A middle aged lady was waiting to greet us and show us our room. We met her husband who took us out around the area to show us the location of places we may need like the supermarket ,where to eat etc. During our stay they gave us information on what places to see in Colombo and the bus route numbers, fares etc and on our first outing he took us the the bus stop a few blocks away to ensure we got the correct bus. We only had two nights there but, it should have been at least three.
Colombo is one big traffic jam, but we did manage to see a lot including shops , beach and markets.
Our hosts wanted us to go by air con bus to Galle and not the train, our next stop on our route.
When we departed Colombo he came with us again to ensure we got to the right bus stop and waited with us to flag down the correct bus. A air con bus should come by every 30 min but we waited just over a hour at the stop with no air con bus in sight. He then told us to get the standard bus and it was only seconds when the next non air con bus to Galle arrive. He gave the conductor instuctions then we shook hands and departed. The drive is down the coast next to the ocean so as it turned no air con was needed. It took 3.5 hours for the 120 k drive, stuck in traffic most of the way.
Galle has a walled city, buit by the Dutch in a bygone era and gets a lot of tourist attention. We stayed wthin the walls and this time our host were a younger couple with a 3 year old boy. They own the Fort Inn. The lady could not do enough for us.
They provided meals and nothing was to much for her, on our last night all the rooms were full with families and she had us all fed including all the children who were having a real ball including their 3 year old.
At 630 AM we were up to get a bus along the south coast and it was hugs all round, she really made us welcome and we enjoyed our stay there.
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We requested information at the stations tourist office, and ended up with a full plan and costs from Ferdinando on what his plan would be for our holiday here.
As we had most accommodation booked we told him we would let him know if he could help.
We took a tuk tuk taxi after agreeing on a price and headed to Colombo 5 area to check in our room. The driver found the street, but, the number we had did not marry up so he used his phone to ring our host who gave clear instructions to a long drive with a large black double gate. A middle aged lady was waiting to greet us and show us our room. We met her husband who took us out around the area to show us the location of places we may need like the supermarket ,where to eat etc. During our stay they gave us information on what places to see in Colombo and the bus route numbers, fares etc and on our first outing he took us the the bus stop a few blocks away to ensure we got the correct bus. We only had two nights there but, it should have been at least three.
Colombo is one big traffic jam, but we did manage to see a lot including shops , beach and markets.
Our hosts wanted us to go by air con bus to Galle and not the train, our next stop on our route.
When we departed Colombo he came with us again to ensure we got to the right bus stop and waited with us to flag down the correct bus. A air con bus should come by every 30 min but we waited just over a hour at the stop with no air con bus in sight. He then told us to get the standard bus and it was only seconds when the next non air con bus to Galle arrive. He gave the conductor instuctions then we shook hands and departed. The drive is down the coast next to the ocean so as it turned no air con was needed. It took 3.5 hours for the 120 k drive, stuck in traffic most of the way.
Galle has a walled city, buit by the Dutch in a bygone era and gets a lot of tourist attention. We stayed wthin the walls and this time our host were a younger couple with a 3 year old boy. They own the Fort Inn. The lady could not do enough for us.
They provided meals and nothing was to much for her, on our last night all the rooms were full with families and she had us all fed including all the children who were having a real ball including their 3 year old.
At 630 AM we were up to get a bus along the south coast and it was hugs all round, she really made us welcome and we enjoyed our stay there.
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| Fisherman Huts Galle |
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| Sri Lankan Sea Gull |
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| Galle |
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| South Coast |
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| Pole Fishermen |
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| Pole Fishermen |
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| Pole Fishermen |
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| They called them Pony tails South coast |
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| Garden Beds spice Garden |
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| south coast road |
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| South Coast |
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| Boats along main road South coast |
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| New Galle |
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| old Galle |
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| Drying washing Galle |
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