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Published: September 11th 2013
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The Glass House
Otherwise known as the Silva Tree House on Rumasalla Peninsula, just outside of Galle. We were so lucky to be offered a chance to stay here! People who live in glass houses...
Through a friend of a friend (you know who you are) we've been given the wonderful gift of a week's stay at the Silva Tree House (aka The Glass House) on Rumasalla Peninsula just east of the city of Galle.
We're very grateful for this time to rest from our full-on days and build our energies for "Phase 2" of our time in Sri Lanka. Our trip is now half over, we realize.
I've loved having books to read again, from the chest full of books and games, and have already enjoyed "A Year in Green Tea and Tuk Tuks", about the trials and tribulations of the establishment of an organic farm near Galle, and "A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian", a very funny tale of two sisters trying to look after their elderly father who insists on marrying a much younger gold-digger woman. Phil has continued reading from his Kindle library (truly, Lucien), which has so many books in it he feels depressed when he thinks about it.
Because I think in this blog the pictures give the main story, I'll just end here with a peripheral one:
Glass House living area
The top floor is a large airy treetop space with views to the sea. There once was a king who lived in a village of grass huts. To his pleasure and pride, his subjects carved him a beautiful throne from the local wood for presiding regally at official functions. As his fame and power spread, this wooden throne didn't seem quite grand enough, so he got a bigger one, with ivory inlaid designs, and put the first one up in the attic. The years passed and both his dominion and his own arrogance increased, so he insisted on a much larger throne, laden with gold, and the second one was also stored in the attic. Finally his discontent got the better of him and he insisted on an even grander throne, encrusted with jewels. The subjects laboured to get the third throne into the attic, but as they dropped it into place the attic floor gave way and all the thrones tumbled down, killing the king.
The moral of this story? People who live in grass houses shouldn't store thrones.
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Michelle
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Glass House
You time in the Glass House is obviously a well needed rest which you both fully deserve. Enjoy!! And thanks for the great pictures. M xx