Driving in Sri Lanka was simple. There is the main road and then there is the dirt road. Then there is the foot path. Not a lot of difference between these three, in all reality.
This first photo is of the fort city, Galle, in the south of Sri Lanka. The old city and it's contents were protected when the tsunami wave ripped through Sri Lanka, though the new part of the city was tossed into various states of destruction. The Dutch built these fortress walls five hundred years ago and they have been standing ever since. It was a fun little town to explore, side streets, narrow and shadow covered with sleeping cats filling the doorways. I stayed in a hotel looking over the rapart walls. I captured this picture of guys on the way to mosque early one morning. The foot path tops the wall all the way around the city.
This third picture was a road I scaled to get to a hill top temple. Many roads in Sri Lanka looked like this. Once you get off the "main road" it was an adventure. Think: red and orange clay dirt everywhere. Walking up this hill I saw humming birds, a monitor lizard, and many geckoes.
I mentioned before the Sigiriya rock palace ruins. A palace and fortress and temple was built on the rock over 1,500 years ago. Getting to the top of the rock required climbing a million stairs and then the final push was up these wrought iron steps. There was a lot of wind and it was horifically steep. I was convinced we were going to get blown off. However, if a barefoot 80 year old woman in a sari could scale these stairs, then so could I, no complaints. Notice, GREEN everywhere.
Driving in Sri Lanka was simple. There is the main road and then there is the dirt road. Then there is the foot path. Not a lot of difference between these three, in all reality.
This first photo is of the fort city, Galle, in the south of Sri Lanka. The old city and it's contents were protected when the tsunami wave ripped through Sri Lanka, though the new part of the city was tossed into various states of destruction. The Dutch built these fortress walls five hundred years ago and they have been standing ever since. It was a fun little town to explore, side streets, narrow and shadow covered with sleeping cats filling the doorways. I stayed in a hotel looking over the rapart walls. I captured this picture of guys on the way to mosque early one morning. The foot path tops the wall all the way around the city.
This third picture was a road I scaled to get to a hill top temple. Many roads in Sri Lanka looked like this. Once you get off the "main road" it was an adventure. Think: red and orange clay dirt everywhere. Walking up this hill I saw humming birds, a monitor lizard, and many geckoes.
I mentioned before the Sigiriya rock palace ruins. A palace and fortress and temple was built on the rock over 1,500 years ago. Getting to the top of the rock required climbing a million stairs and then the final push was up these wrought iron steps. There was a lot of wind and it was horifically steep. I was convinced we were going to get blown off. However, if a barefoot 80 year old woman in a sari could scale these stairs, then so could I, no complaints. Notice, GREEN everywhere.
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