Polly Alexandre Photography

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Sri Lanka

January 21, 2013

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I was completely blown away by Sri Lanka when I visited last month…well I just didn’t expect it to be so unspolit….well, so very lovely really…… it was like India without the poverty and stress. An easier, cleaner, more chilled out version of India.

I had chance to shoot a little personal work whilst I was there and I will let these set the scene for the wedding coming up tomorrow….. this is the West Coast of Sri Lanka, Galle and the surrounding beaches. I am amazed at how quiet it is and I really think they deserve more visitors, post tsunami, although not too many as that’s part of it’s appeal. I stayed at a wonderful place, Leijay Resort, which deserves a post of it’s own, and had a rather unexpectedly sweet time. There were chillis in everything, I travelled everywhere by tuk tuk and spent the best part of 6 days being very ex-pat, drinking tea on the veranda and talking non stop with my fellow photographer Aneta Mak who came along to assist. I saw a snake charmer, a dancing monkey (I couldn’t bring myself to be photographed with it, I’m way too much of an animal lover….but snakes…well snakes are snakes aren’t they?! I like to think they enjoy the music and are kind of dancing or something…..but then I do have an overactive imagination…..) and sea turtles. Oh, the sweet sea turtles….more on those later.

Let’s just say I immediately looked up buying property in Sri Lanka on the web on my return: always the sign of a good trip isn’t it?! Sri Lanka is one of the few places where you can, subject to certain conditions, actually own property as a foreigner. And it is incredibly affordable by Western standards. But I have my hands full with living in 2 countries at once, let alone adding a third into the mix so this is one idea I will be keeping firmly locked up in the fantasy box!

 

Filed Under: Personal, Travel Tagged With: Galle, Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, Travel, Travel Photography, Wedding Film Photographer 5 Comments

Comments

  1. Chanelle says

    January 21, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    That’s it… I am taking my Contax out on my morning walks from now on! I really need to get back into shooting more film.

  2. admin says

    January 21, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    Happy to be of inspiration! Those tropical colours look amazing on film don’t they?

  3. Nick Rose Photography says

    January 21, 2013 at 8:10 pm

    Lovely shots here Polly….that beach looks amazing!

  4. Albert Palmer says

    January 21, 2013 at 9:50 pm

    Perfection. I’m off to Malaisia soon on honeymoon. Your photos make me wish I was there now!

  5. Rachel Movitz Photography says

    February 8, 2013 at 1:27 pm

    It makes me want to get my traveling chappels on 😉

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