Coastal Sri Lanka

Spent a couple of days at the beach in Tangalle, then overnighted at Galle on the way back to Colombo, where we are tonight. We're flying to Delhi tomorrow. The Galle Fort is pretty interesting - several hundred years old and dating from the Dutch period. Our walk around the ramparts was interrupted by a bit of rain, and as we sheltered under the eaves of an old building a rat that had the same idea decided to jump out of the roof, run down my backpack and leg, and then off somewhere else. Lovely. Our hotel in Galle was our favourite in Sri Lanka, and maybe of the whole trip so far - the 5 room Fort Printers. Its new and designed with a very boutiquey - asian influenced modern theme. Today we went shopping and replaced some of the clothes that have become more the worse for wear through our travels. A lot of factories here produce for Gap, Banana, Abercrombie etc, and it seems that not all of their output makes it out of the front door of the factory as most shops (including pretty reputable ones) seem to have factory overruns at amazingly cheap prices