Passing Sri Lanka

At the western part of the Bay of Bengal lies the Island Nation of Sri Lanka with its capital “Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte” or Sri Jayewardenepura, also known as Kotte. It is the administrative capital of Sri Lanka. It is located beyond the eastern suburbs of the commercial capital Colombo and is often called New Capital territory. After passing Sri Lanka on the starboard side we will turn around the southern tip of India and head north in the Arabian Sea to Cochin.