As a youth in Sri Lanka I used to like to go to Matara - the southernmost part of the island. From Matara, looking south - one could see......just OCEAN.....and it would continue on all the way to Antarctica (in miles: 7168.67 or in kilometers: 11536.85) - TOO far to even fathom in a boat or "floating car" (if such were invented). I would look out "to sea" at Matara and felt a very special feeling. Surely, this was the END of the world??
I never photographed that scene (although it was very close to my heart). Recently, a good friend of mine went to Sri Lanka and took this photo. I asked her to please share it with me because it represents the "end of the world". Please take a look for yourself - and try to think of not reaching land until 7168 miles or 11,536 km. ahead - is it any reason that sometimes when we lived there we felt we were the ONLY "real" place and everything/every other country was "surreal"???
So - thanks to my friend, Rubi, THIS is a photo of the END OF THE WORLD as one knows it from Sri Lanka.
Here is a map to PROVE what a distance it is!!
