On our final day in Galle we had Gajaba the Harbourmaster over to the boat for tea and cake.  We had met him on two occasions and Guy and he got speaking the previous evening at the official dinner for the Rally.  We arranged for him to visit the next morning.  A lovely man, highly educated and intelligent and the same age as Guy.  They both got on very well as you would expect.  Shortly after arriving at the boat Gajaba asked if he could take us to theDonda Point Lighthouse that afternoon/evening to watch the sun set.  We eagerly agreed.  At 4.30pm he and his wife Imali  picked the four of us up and they drove the hour or so to the lighthouse.  The lighthouse is the southernmost tip of Sri Lanka and is the tallest lighthouse in South East Asia, built by the British 121years ago.  It is off limits to everyone and is managed by the Port Authority of Galle.  No public access!  But with the Harbourmaster as our tour guide the gates were opened without question.  We raced inside the lighthouse and up the many hundreds of steps to the top.  Puffing and feeling a little tired in the legs we stepped out onto the balcony. It was spectacular.  The sun was low in the sky, the waves were crashing against the rocks below and the beaches with their palm tree fringes were clean and white from high above.  We could see Galle Harbour in the distance and far beyond in all directions.  Breathtaking!  We stood and took it all in until the last of the bright orange sun had disappeared below the horizon.  We took our time descending, there were interesting things to see on the way down that we missed in our hurry to reach the top.  At the bottom the lighthouse keeper and family offered us a picnic on the grass by the beach.  We had chocolate cake and tea and bananas.  Juliette and Hugo ran off to play in the grounds and Imali was happy to chase them around.  Gajaba, Guy and I sat swapping stories.  Gajaba had been a ship’s captain for many years before his appointment to Harbourmaster and he is still the Pilot for the large tankers and cargo ships entering the Harbour.  On the way home we stopped to pick up some burgers and took them back to Laroobaa to eat for dinner.  A thoroughly enjoyable and special memory of our time in Galle.