29 August 2019
This is our last day in Galle and Sri Lanka. Our flight to Singapore departs at 12:50am tomorrow morning. We hope to be at the airport around 10pm tonight. We have plenty of time to kill.
The hotel at Galle, Fort Printers, were kind enough to give us a late checkout. They have arranged another room for us down the road. We were allowed to stay for as long as we like. We moved to this room after breakfast. We had packed our bags the previous night.
Although the room that we moved to was smaller, we were just happy that we got a clean air conditioned room where we could clean up before we departed.
We decided to do bit more of a wander in Galle and some shopping. Our guide was coming from Colombo to pick us up at 3:30pm. We were going to his house for dinner and also to meet his family. I last met them in 2013. It is a 2 hour drive/ from Colombo
We were picked up by our guide, Jagath punctually and were driven back to Colombo. At his place, we were given a tour of the house he was building nearby for the family. He lives currently in a rental apartment and never owned a home since he got married. The whole family is looking forward to their new home which will be completed in May next year. Just out of interest, mortgage rates (and general loan rates) are around 17% in Sri Lanka. Spare a thought for these people.
Jagath’s wife had cooked us a huge Sri Lankan meal. I thoroughly enjoyed the food. I last had a meal here with a friend of mine more than 6 years ago on my first trip to Sri Lanka. They are such warm and hospitable people.
