{"id":2237,"date":"2013-01-24T15:26:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T07:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2021-02-12T18:20:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T10:20:37","slug":"road-trip-yala-to-colombo-via-galle-and-the-coastal-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2013\/01\/24\/road-trip-yala-to-colombo-via-galle-and-the-coastal-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Road trip: Yala to Colombo via Galle and the coastal road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After spending 4 days in the southern part of Sri Lanka, we were all set to hit the road one more time on a long 6-8 hours journey back to Colombo from Yala. We had 4 days of fun exploring southern park of Sri Lanka and enjoying the safari at Yala National Park and Udawalawe National Park. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/21\/sri-lanka-trip-2012-directory\/\">Click here <\/a>to check out my complete list of Sri Lankan trip travel stories.<\/p>\n<p>Day 5 of our trip and time for us to return to Colombo. We decided not to travel back to Colombo via the route that we took a few days earlier. As we had allocated one whole day for travelling, we opted for a longer but more scenic coastal road from Yala to Colombo via towns like Hambantota, Matara and Galle.<\/p>\n<p>At 7:30am our awesome \u201cpilot + tour guide\u201d Mr Gihan picked us up and we left Yala with lots of good memories.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Travelling by road in Sri Lanka is an experience by itself. It is safe but for those not used to frequent usage of horns, sirens, sudden braking might find the experience a bit \u2018interesting&#8217;. We were lucky to have a good driver and good car that can at least overtake most of the public buses that travel at lightning speed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At least not everyone is speeding. Some prefers to go a bit slow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our first stop \u2014 Mirissa Beach near Matara.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mirissa Beach is a famous tourist destination mainly for its sandy stretch of beach.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A great place to just chill and enjoy the sun and sea. Next time, we would definitely spend a night here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We continued our journey after the short walk at Mirissa beach. As we approached Weligama town, our guide pointed out towards some vertical poles just few metres from the beach. Apparently those are the \u2018equipment\u2019 for another famous tourist attraction of Sri Lanka which is known as stilt fishing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately we were there a bit too late to see any real fishing action as stilt fishing usually happens early in the morning or just before the sun sets.<\/p>\n<p>As we were taking photos of the pole, a local guy offered some \u2018actors\u2019 (he claimed that these actors are real stilt fishermen) to act out the whole stilt fishing process for us to take photos for a small tip (very small actually).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since I was really curious to see how it is being done, we agreed to the offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Stilt Fishermen\u201d (Bang, seluar perlu ke kena londeh macam tu?)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s go fishing!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is how stilt fishing works. Usually there would be lots of them doing this. Mainly not for money but for keeping the traditions alive. Something perhaps we can all learn from as far as preserving traditions are concern.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We thanked the locals for the short (and value for money) stilt fishing demo and continued our journey towards Galle. On our way, I saw this old plane being displayed by the roadside and being an aviation enthusiast, I asked for our driver to stop for us to snap a photo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/13.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I wanted to go nearer but the moment I realised that we were attracting some unwanted attention from the armed guards, we decided to just leave.<\/p>\n<p>At the town of Galle, we witnessed real fishermen in action bringing in fish from the sea.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/14.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/15.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were the only tourists there but the locals were very friendly and even offered to pose in front of our cameras.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/16.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/17.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Galle is a major tourist destination in Sri Lanka. Being a UNESCO world heritage site, it is a must visit to those travelling to southern part of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/18.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to GolderSriLanka.com, Galle was a main port of Sri Lanka from 14th century. The first fort of Galle was built by Portuguese. Once Dutch captured the fort there were many changes, the current fort was built in the year of 1663. Covering an area of 90 acres the fort still retains its atmosphere of the past.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Galle fort survived the 26th Dec Tsunami despite Galle City being washed away badly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/20.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, Galle is also famous for its beautiful cricket stadium situated just next to the fort.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/21.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A quick pit stop for us just outside the fort. From left: the car, the blogger and the awesome driver.<\/p>\n<p>We had our lunch at Unawatuna. Another area famous for its beach activities. This place reminded me of Kuta and Ao Nang.<\/p>\n<p>Our final stop before we reached Colombo was Bentota. Here we stopped at a sea turtle farm and hatchery centre.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/24.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For a small fee, we spent some time learning about the conservation project. Finding the right balance between being a conservation project vs tourist attraction is quite a challenge and after reading some blogs online I am worried that the balance might tilt a bit more towards tourism rather than \u2018saving the turtles\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/25.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/26.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/27v.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our driver did recommend a few other places along the way but in the spirit of avoiding tourist traps, we decided to pick and choose the places we stopped at. We did try to balance it out by stopping at one of the recommended spice garden which turned out to be a garden with overpriced spices. I was not impressed at all. But good to know that the hair-removal cream I bought there worked well for my legs \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/28.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After almost 10 hours on the road (including multiple stops), we finally reached Colombo. Our intention of making the journey from Yala to Colombo as part of our holiday experience with all the interesting stops seems to have worked well as we reached Colombo feeling tired but satisfied.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v37\/azuan1880\/blogs\/2013\/galle\/29.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the next post I\u2019ll be sharing a cool experience visiting The Meeran Jumma Masjid in Galle. In the meantime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/21\/sri-lanka-trip-2012-directory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to read all my other blog posts on the Sri Lanka trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After spending 4 days in the southern part of Sri Lanka, we were all set to hit the road one more time on a long 6-8 hours journey back to Colombo from Yala. 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