{"id":143924,"date":"2024-10-26T03:48:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T03:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=143924"},"modified":"2024-10-26T03:48:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T03:48:49","slug":"alongside-turtles-at-unawatuna-beach-in-southern-lanka-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/alongside-turtles-at-unawatuna-beach-in-southern-lanka-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Alongside Turtles at Unawatuna Beach in Southern Lanka-by Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Alongside Turtles at Unawatuna Beach in Southern Lanka-by Michael Roberts<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/25\/alongside-turtles-at-unawatuna-beach-in-southern-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88737 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Michael-Roberts-eLanka.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Roberts\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Thuppahi item on the turtle nursey at Rekawa along the southern coast of Sri Lanka<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/24\/the-turtle-nursery-at-rekawa-in-southern-sri-lanka\/#more-85722 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/24\/the-turtle-nursery-at-rekawa-in-southern-sri-lanka\/#more-85722 <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">has revived two inspiring \u2018moments\u2019 when I had \u2018brushes\u2019 with a turtle. Both indelible experiences which are etched in my mind\u2019s pictorial eye took place at the Unawatuna beach about four miles east of Galle town \u2013 a popular tourist beach on the other side of the Buona Vista peninsula that constitutes the eastern \u2018front\u2019 of Galle harbour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/25\/alongside-turtles-at-unawatuna-beach-in-southern-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/108ff4_efd9a7cb13024aa8a107cce63289864amv2.webp?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"400\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/25\/alongside-turtles-at-unawatuna-beach-in-southern-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Unawatuna-Beach-Sri-Lanka-1.webp?resize=768%2C359&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"400\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The beach is concave in shape and protected at its eastern end \u2013 in the calm season \u2013 by a reef running east\/west. There is a Buddhist shrine &amp; temple at this western end and the concave-shaped shoreline is dominated by numerous<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">restaurants and lodgings servicing the tourist trade. In our active teenage days in the 1950s this lovely spot was a spot to which I resorted via bike with compatriots during the holiday season or weekends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">On one occasion much later on in adult life [I cannot recall precisely when] I had taken off from the eastern end and was swimming underwater viewing the fish and corals when \u2026. WHEN \u2026. a turtle loomed alongside on my left and left me standing \u2014 so to speak \u2013 as it moved elegantly at speed past me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">THAT was a striking moment that is still imprinted in my memory bank. WHAT a privilege.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">EPISODE TWO<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This was a more public event and occurred on the beach. It was probably in the early 2000s when my sister Audrey was visiting the island from UK. It was probably around the Christmas season. Audrey and I would have been staying with our elder sister Estelle Fernando at Hampden Lane in Wellawatte. One of the Mediwake family \u2014 a child of Palitha and Nadine Mediwake of Kundasale in Kandy \u2013 had a house in Manning Place. Nadine joined Estelle and me in a trip down south where we booked into lodgings at Unawatuna.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/25\/alongside-turtles-at-unawatuna-beach-in-southern-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nadina-Audrey.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"300\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">One evening beyond dusk when we were gathered for dinner at one of the restaurants where several tables were \u2018parked\u2019 on the flattened and hardened sand, we were interrupted by the arrival of a mother turtle intent on laying its eggs. The good tourists and locals hurriedly moved themselves, tables and chairs aside \u2026. leaving Mother Turtle the space and time to proceed with its birthing needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/25\/alongside-turtles-at-unawatuna-beach-in-southern-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AudreyTURTLE.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"300\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">An INDELIBLE EXPERIENCE still etched in mind\u2019s pictorial eye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly to your inbox!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alongside Turtles at Unawatuna Beach in Southern Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis The Thuppahi item on the turtle nursey at Rekawa along the southern coast of Sri Lanka https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/24\/the-turtle-nursery-at-rekawa-in-southern-sri-lanka\/#more-85722 has revived two inspiring \u2018moments\u2019 when I had \u2018brushes\u2019 with a turtle. 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