The opening of the Colombo-Galle highway has revolutionized a trip down south in Sri Lanka. But when you’re not pressed for time and can leave Colombo early in the morning, it’s still worth driving south on Galle Road so that you can stop at whatever catches your fancy. Here’s the conclusion of our family adventure.
Sea turtles near Bentota are definitely worth a stop. We chose the Kosgoda Sea Turtle Conservation Project. If you’re driving too fast you’ll miss it. They have a few different varieties of turtles and they let you hold the baby ones for a hot second. Too cute!
The Albino Turtle (I think?)
Near Amabalangoda, home of the famous/infamous Sri Lankan masks, we stumbled upon a Buddhist temple that had previously been a church–either Anglican or Dutch Reform, I believe–and I swear it looked like a Hindu temple, too. But it’s all Buddhist now.
Just coming from church...errr, or temple.
One of our favorite parts of the trip was watching these guys pull the catch of the day in from the sea. It’s a HUGE net. I mean, really big. And it can apparently take hours to pull the net in from the sea. Supposedly everyone who helps can take one or two fish home for dinner. Seems like a fair trade since this is hard work.
The long haul: pulling in the net.
Fresh Catch
The fam and I had a great trip in Sri Lanka. I’m so happy they were able to visit and see what my life is like here. And I’m proud of them for not going too crazy with the traffic and the hit or miss food at the hotels. Chocolate mousse anyone?
Adventures in Serendipity 
I’ll try the chocolate mousse, please!