Amateur Excursions in and around Galle Fort in Recent Times

Michael Roberts and his “box camera” venture into his old domain

Slick Roof Renovation Work on a Typical House captured in 2008 …. tiles thrown up to a “Catcher’ on Roof  and Then ….

the Galle Court complex of yesteryear … also the site of the opening ceremony of the G-Lit-Fest in 2008

The Judges Bungalow where my sister Audrey was born in the mid 1930s … now a military garrison

Our hide and seek playground in the western arenas

looking south at Boy’s Bathing Place from the dungeon area

another scene from the western sea wall …. a terrain below the ramparts and along the ramparts where we wandered and explored..

the shores on the eastern side facing the little harbour … in the calm season

looking north from the southwest bastion ….and then east towards the lighthouse …. agicala renas and playgrounds    

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Opening Scenes Galle Literary Festival 2008

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ALSO NOTE this reference from IVAN AMARASINGHE in UK: ….. Dear Michael, ……………Thanks for the video on the Dutch Burghers. Splendid stuff. Hope they all come back for good. I thought you may be interested in this which is quite informative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHUbnsyQtHI&feature=emb_rel_end