Sri Lanka Part 2

 Yesterday's weather looked so gorgeous, and we were supposed to tender into Galle, which was touted as a great port of call. Doug and I went back and forth between beach and a Galle and it's surroundings tour, and we settled on the Galle tour. The Captain kept making ominous sounding announcements about testing out the conditions and finally announced our stay there was a no go and we were moving on to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Many weren't too sad to have another sea day and the crew quickly filled up our day for us. I tried to listen to a lecture about Indian music but it was so complex so I made an exit to the outdoor lovely area to the rear of the horizon lounge where I read and watched the wake of the boat for most of the morning. We arrived in Colombo at about 4 and some of us made a made dash out to the town. There were some clothing, gems and souvenir stalls on the pier, but didn't look to be terribly upscale. So, we trekked on in the nasty, dirty heat to find the better shops. We didn't find them. We found lots of taxi drivers wanting to give a a city tours and chasing us down the streets. We soon realized we had passed up Neman Marcus for Wallmart and turned around. I do think there was a better shopping area, since Colombo is their capital, but we never found it. There is a shopping trip today and I am ever so tempted, but will take the sure thing and will head to the beach resort instead. I hope I don't kick myself. Don't ask me about Sri Lanka...all I will be able to tell you....nice beaches and they make tea, grow cashews, bananas, coconuts and export rubber and cement.