Chris and Charly's Indian Odyssey

Bentota, Sri Lanka

After leaving the villa the last night to recover we once agin stayed in...

Lunch...

Yummy arrack cocktails!!

kinda running out of things to stay as we do NOTHING!

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chrischarly on January 24, 2011 from Bentota, Sri Lanka

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Bentota, Sri Lanka

After too many people have asked... begrudgingly here is a photo our me with short hair :(

Me with short wet hair...

It had to ba photo taken when my hair is wet as it frizzes up to a fluff ball when dry here and lots unfortunately even shorter and VILE!!! :) Only kidding, I'm getting used to it now :)

Anyway, took a little stroll all the way down to the beach today!

Lovely beach yet dead deserted

Bentota beach

Footprints in the sand

Bentota, Sri Lanka

This evening at 9pm I went down to the beach to release some turtles into the sea.

A HUGE turtle

A huge turtle at the hatchery

When they are picked up still as eggs off the beach by locals, they are brought to the turtle hatchery where they are cared for until they hatch.

A very friendly turtle

A poor turtle unable to be set free as he has a broken back! :(

A swimming little turtle

Hundreds of day-old turtles

Then, when the are merely a day or two old they are released back into the sea where they will have a greater chance of survival than they would have had if the eggs remained on the beach.

About to set my turtle free...

The turtles walking to the sea after we let them go

The reason they are released at night is so the birds etc wouldn't see them as clearly, but still they have only 1 in a 100 chance of survival!

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chrischarly on January 27, 2011 from Bentota, Sri Lanka

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Bentota, Sri Lanka

Today is our last night in Sri Lanka and we are both gutted to be trading our lovely comfy bed to a thin mattress designed for the cheap-skate backpackers we will transform into by tomorrow...