January 24, 2011

galle harbor


the harbor in galle is heavily militarized and patrolled. this is a result of the prior conflict between the singhalese sri lankan military and the tamil tigers resistance groups. the actual fighting was concentrated in the north of the country but there were seldom attacks in the south and one on galle several years ago. now the conflict is over and the country is at peace but the security remains in the port. on our approach we had to report the vessel in and the port control officials came on board to inspect the boat.



once they cleared us in, we were allowed to come into the harbor and finish with the rest of the formalities such as customs and immigration. the timing of arrival into this port can only be done during daylight. the port is actually closed at night and there can be no movement even with dinghy within the harbor. we followed the instructions and finally anchored and tied stern to a wall next to a big ship to our port and other sailboats on our starboard. there were many sailboats in galle which was a surprise to us.

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