SIDE TRIP 11: Kudawella, Sri Lanka

There is one place in the southern district of Sri Lanka that is truly amazing. Its name is Kudawella and it is home to the blow hole.

The blow WHAT?!

Now, now... before you start thinking kinky, I am not talking about blowing someone's hole. Ew. Although people do line up to witness the blowing of the hole. What HOLE?!

This particular hole gapes from a fold between two rock-solid mounds that are wrinkled, wet, and slippery... definitely dangerous territory. When the pressure mounts from below, great jets of liquid ejaculate from its gaping mouth and shoot 50 meters to the sky. Whew!

Tourists come in droves to the rocky shores of Kudawella, waiting patiently for the great swells coming in from the Indian Ocean to hit the caverns formed naturally under the rocks. When the caverns are filled to capacity, the ensuing pressure causes the water to escape through a small hole to form a giant fountain - - to the delight of
onlookers gathered outside on the promontory. Awesome!

And you thought the hole was...?

He he.

THE BLOWHOLE