Galle
As we headed west along the south coast of Sri Lanka, the dry thorny forest of Yala gradually changed to lush and wet tropical with palm fringed coves and bright green rice paddies.
Galle, occupied by the Portuguese in 1619, expanded by the Dutch from 1640 and further developed by the British from 1796, is home to the World Heritage Fort “Santa Cruz”.
We enjoyed our day’s cooking class with Karuna, starting at the Galle market to buy the ingredients and spices. She is a lively humorous woman and a great teacher.
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| Southern coast of Sri Lanka |
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| A Temple on an island |
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| Traditional south coast fishing boat |
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| Stilt fishermen near Galle |
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| 5 of the world’s 7 species of turtle nest in the sands of southern Sri Lanka |
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| Launching a fishing boat |
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| Fresh fish straight off the boat |
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| Sunday afternoon at the beach – Galle |
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| Galle Fort walls |
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| Entrance to the Fort – Dutch 1668 |
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| The Fort is very quiet inside |
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| One meat and three veg with rice is the standard lunch curry meal |
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| Dutch Reformed Church, 1755 |
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| The old Dutch Market |
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| Karuna explaining the banana flower curry recipe to Jeff |
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| The chicken curry will be delicious |
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| Cooking class end result |