Our album of Galle photos, all 31 of them, can be seen through the flickr album below:
Rise before six and take coffee before setting off in Praseeth’s tuk tuk to Lighthouse hotel for tennis.
Ged wins 7-4 (6-2). Mendis looked after us there.
Went back to Villa for wash and ready for 9 am Massage with wonderful Milton and Roshan (Milton’s son) who looks about 15 but apparently is 28.
We take a herb-infused tea and a late breakfast, then relax in our villa most of the day while Praseeth, Roshan (the Villa) and Wanita fuss over us.
We swim a little and sunbathe a little. Then we cover ourselves in skeeta protection and go off to the ramparts with Roshan for cricket.
No one is playing and a few mangy layabouts don’t seem too keen, but the peace offering of an Indian red heavy tennis ball seems to do the trick. One lad runs off to get stumps and a bat – it’s game on.
A stray Aussie from Brisbane watches for a long time and eventually decides to join in, after some baiting of an Ashes variety by Daisy, “to try and dislodge the pom” when I’m batting.
The Aussie softened a little when I suggested that he might be “Matthew Hayden’s evil twin (if that is possible)” after he played a half decent stroke.
Roshan and Praseeth played well, especially Praseeth’s batting, despite him “feeling un-special today” apparently.
Daisy stuck around & took the photos. When stumps were drawn, the locals asked if I would be coming again tomorrow. I said “maybe”, by which I meant, “probably not”.
The Sort-Of Ashes match element of this day has been reported on King Cricket, click here or below.
If anything ever goes awry with King Cricket, that piece is scraped to here.
Praseeth takes us home in the tuk tuk via the off-licence where he slightly prangs the tuk tuk but the other tuk tuk driver seems relaxed about it.
The lads set up a candle-lit setting for a Valentines dinner – prawns with a lemon sauce, then tuna with mash and salad. Prawns the highlight.
I spend ages trying and eventually succeeding in backing up photos, while Daisy slopes off to bed early.
Our other Sri Lanka photos- 79 excluded from the album – can be found through the link below:
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