
An unusual sight for visitors to Sri Lanka’s beautiful south coast is Taprobane Island. A small private island, to which you must wade through shallow surf to gain access, Taprobane sits about 200 yards off the shore of Weligama Bay.
There’s sometime viscerally disconcerting about looking into the eyes of an alligator. Dark, non-blinking, but clearly focused on you, it sends a shiver up my spine. Something being tickled in the primitive parts of my brain — prey…
Unfortunately we couldn’t land because of the strong winds

An unusual sight for visitors to Sri Lanka’s beautiful south coast is Taprobane Island. A small private island, to which you must wade through shallow surf to gain access, Taprobane sits about 200 yards off the shore of Weligama Bay.
There’s sometime viscerally disconcerting about looking into the eyes of an alligator. Dark, non-blinking, but clearly focused on you, it sends a shiver up my spine. Something being tickled in the primitive parts of my brain — prey…
Unfortunately we couldn’t land because of the strong winds