There is a place in Sri Lanka which surprised me more than anyone else. I’m talking about Galle, a small town in the south-western part of the island.

The fact that this was the last stop in my journey in Sri Lanka has definitely affected my judgement. For 15 days I lived, saw and breathed Sri Lanka, its history, its culture, the ways of life of its inhabitants, the chaos of its towns and the remoteness of the hills and the mountains. Then I arrived in Galle and I felt like I crossed the boundaries of Sri Lanka.

The first impression was like being lost in a new world and this is due in the to the unique look of Galle, so different from everything else I had seen so far, and to its character and the feelings it was able to offer me.