March 2008

March was by and large a normal month with the weather steadily improving in Perthsire and Spring on its way. However Dee and I were getting ready for a holiday that we had planned for some time, on the 22nd March we headed off to Glasgow to fly out to Sri Lanka for two weeks. This was the first time that we had been to Sri Lanka and we both just fell in love with the place. Our hotel was located in a coastal area called Wadduwa which is south of Colombo.
Our time was divided between the hotel and travelling, we had a day in Colombo for some photography and then a couple of days later headed off to the Udawalawe National Park for a safari to photograph wild elephants. This really was a very special day getting so close to just so many wild elephants, they are now well and truely established as Dee's favourite animal. The journey back to Wadduwa from the Udawalawe National Park allowed us to call into the Turtle Conservation Project which is just south of Wadduwa on the coast. The project pays local fishermen to bring in the turtle eggs instead of selling them to restaurants, the eggs are then hatched and the yourg turtles raised to the stage of being released into the sea.
The last couple of days of March were then spent back at the hotel, though to be honest we were so relieved to arrive back safely at our hotel after our trip as we were both convinced our driver had a death wish when he was behind the wheel.
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