Sri Lanka 'part 2'

When in Sri Lanka, it is fairly normal for tourists to hire a car and driver to go around and see the sights. It is very cheap and due to the insaneness on the roads and lack of clear road signs it is a good idea I think. We took three road trips, one to Colombo, the capital (which was not very nice....) one to Kandy, which is in central Sri Lanka and one where our destination was to be Galle, down south, but unfortunately Zadok was ill with some sort of bug and we never quite made it there. On the way (before we turned around and headed back to the hotel) we stopped at a Turtle farm, where they hatch eggs and give the baby turtles a chance to mature a little bit before they are set back into the wild.

These little ones are just a few days old, very cute.


This one is a year old. Most of the turtles are released when they are just babies but I guess they keep a few so they can operate as a tourist venture.


The area that the Turtle farm is in was hit by the Tsunami and the guy said that they lost all their turtles, but in the weeks that followed people brought ones they found to him. He also explained how people used to eat the eggs or use them to fish, but now they bring them to him and he buys the eggs from them for 5 rupees each (about 13 eggs would equal $1 I think)


Next installment is the Elephant one... Stay tuned!