Spending a few days at the beach before picking up a tour at the end of he week to see some of the historic cities, so have ventured down the coast to get a bit of sea air.

It was a long train journey down from Kandy, especially the last few hours where he train was rather crowded. I wasn't completely on the footplate, but not far off. It was a great view watching the coast fly by from the edge of the open train door. "Don't fall out" was the advice from the locals, "many people have died".

Now in Galle, a lovely city on the bottom corner of the country. Staying in the old Dutch fort area, with racing sea breezes and stunning sunsets. The place was devastated in the 2004 Tsunami, with thousands killed in the bus station by the fort. The old area was reasonably ok, secured by the ancient stones of he old fortress.