Galle

After a epic journey South we end up at The Lighthouse Lodge. Wahoo what a trip that was. The Lighthouse Lodge has a couple of rooms above a local familieses house,  Uma and Eresha were very sweet couple and always willing to help.  We were a little apprehensive to have gone from The Grand at Nuwara Eliya to a place we found on Hostelworld.com but it was lovely.  

 The fort was built by the Dutch in 1663 after they captured Galle in 1640.  They then handed it over to the British in 1796.  It is now a World Heritage Site and provided a calm haven for us two for a couple of days.  The walls of the fort protected the town and its businesses from the 2004 Tsunami.   You can also witness the sun set and rise given the fort's southerly location. 

Our time spent here was mainly relaxing and a haircut for Dave.  He hooked up with Milton, a barber at the Young Buddhists Centre and in his words "if it wasn't for the 12 hour flight, Milton would be replacing Franco".  I think the 15 min head massage with tea tree oil finished him off!  Resulting in numb sensation  almost to the waist! The electrics in this place just had to be seen to be believed, although I noticed Dave opted for the dry cut only!