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Day 17 - Ahangama

14th March 2025

Southern Province

  

Dolphins, Mangroves & Cinnamon



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Days 1 & 2 - London to Dubai Day 3 - Dubai Burj Khalifa & Palm Jumeirah Day 4 - to Sri Lanka - Covanro
Day 5 - Covanro Day 6 - Dambulla & Sigiriya Day 7 - Sigiriya Rock & Elephants
Day 8 - Grithale & Bike Ride Day 9 - Polonnaruwa & Kandy Spice Day 10 - Kandy - Temple of the Tooth
Day 11 - Kandy - Town & Lake Day 12 - Kitulgala Rafting & Nuwara Eliya Day 13 - Nuwara Eliya
Day 14 - Ella Day 15 - Kataragama & Yala NP Day 16 - Udawalawe Elephants & Ahangama
Day 17 - Ahangama Dolphins & Mangroves Day 18 - Galle Day 19 - to Home





Whale & Dolphin Watching - spolier alert, we didn't see any whales, but we did see 2 species of dolphins and a turtle.

Colourful boats in the harbour...



Boats 2


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Our boat...

Boat

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Fisherman...

Fisherman

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Headland lighthouse...

Headland

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Bottlenosed Dolphins...

Dolphins 1



Spinner Dolphins...

Dolphins 2


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Turtle


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Coconut

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My milkshakes bring all the boys to the yard...

Coconuts

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Miche

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Prow...

Prow

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John at the prow...

John

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Back of the boat (dear)...

Wake


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Outriggers...

Boats 2


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Getting straight to the point...

Meat

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Tuktuk ride to a local mangrove lake and island cinnamon farm...

Tuktuk

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Miche with the wind in her hair...

Hair

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We had to go through an airforce base - this was the cafe opposite...


 

Plane

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Crossing the tracks...

Tracks

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Convoy Italian job style...

Tuktuks


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Mangrove lake...

Lake


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Miche...

Miche

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Back at the hotel, I'm not sure who does their marketing...

Hotel

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Sunset...

Sunset


 
Fire on the beach; a little later, a turtle came onto the beach and went around the embers of this fire in search of somewhere to lay, but left without doing so; it really brings it home to you, that the development of beachfront causes issues...

Fire


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Moon

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Next day - Day 18 - Galle

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Days 1 & 2 - London to Dubai Day 3 - Dubai Burj Khalifa & Palm Jumeirah Day 4 - to Sri Lanka - Covanro
Day 5 - Covanro Day 6 - Dambulla & Sigiriya Day 7 - Sigiriya Rock & Elephants
Day 8 - Grithale & Bike Ride Day 9 - Polonnaruwa & Kandy Spice Day 10 - Kandy - Temple of the Tooth
Day 11 - Kandy - Town & Lake Day 12 - Kitulgala Rafting & Nuwara Eliya Day 13 - Nuwara Eliya
Day 14 - Ella Day 15 - Kataragama & Yala NP Day 16 - Udawalawe Elephants & Ahangama
Day 17 - Ahangama Dolphins & Mangroves Day 18 - Galle Day 19 - to Home