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Sunday 28 February 2016

On the trail of the blue whale - off Sri Lanka



Fishing boats in Galle Harbour
Sri Lanka has become famous for the accessibility of its blue whales. During my recent brief visit this week, I was in a group taken out to sea by the Sri Lankan navy to look for these ocean giants.

Previously their boat, the Princess of Lanka, was used to move security personnel and now, post-war. she has been put to work in the service of taking people to the whales.

We set off  for the deep sea from the port of Galle. Here are some views.

Galle is on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka some 74 miles from Colombo. We pass the fort and lighthouse 
A small fishing boat heads in.
Little terns on a marker buoy.
A distant Buddhist temple on shore.
Alert whale watchers with a senior member of crew.
A small flotilla of whale watching boats out on the high sea

Small whale watching vessels and a container vessel.


Customers on the rear deck of the Princess of Lanka
A blue whale - its back curving as it dives.
Blue whale at the surface 

Our boat: the Princess of Lanka back in port.

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