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trip. It was cloudy but it was great anyway. I spent only one night in Ella. The following day was Sunday. There were no busses going south to the coast so I hitchhiked and met Diane, a backpacker from the Montreal area also hitchhiking to Tissamaharamama to do a safari in Yala Park just like me!
YALA PARK
It took us only two rides to get to Tissa where we met a French family who also wanted to see the elephants of Yala Park. We left the following morning at 5:00 am and I took this sunrise shot a little later.
Our driver took this picture of Martine, Patrick, Amélie, Diane and I in front of our safari vehicle in Yala Park. We saw a lot of animals, elephants, buffalo, gazelles, warthogs, otters, monkeys and a big 5 foot varanus lizard. We had a great day topped by a fish feast at the hotel.
Us, waiting for an elephant family to finish crossing the road. The little elephant baby was real cute, if it had not been for the mother I would have liked to get out and pat it.
We took a bus to Matara on the following day. As you can see the bus was somewhat crowded, we stood with the other 50 standees while 30 lucky early birds sat though the three hour ride.
MATARA
We split in Matara, Diane went to Polhena for a week of beachside farniente and I stayed to visit the market, the temple and the Dutch star fort before looking for a dive shop.
GALLE
I stopped in Unawatuna but as the dive shop was closed so I moved on to Galle which I found most attractive and interesting. The old Galle, pronounced Gol, is a totally enclosed fortified port originally built by the Portuguese in the 16th century. It reminds me of El Jadida also built by the Portuguese on the Atlantic coast of Morocco and of the port of St-Malo in Brittany from which the French sailed in the 16th century to the land that
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