From Galle, for good.

I'm Sukhith. Galle's been home since I was one, and I've spent my life sharing it with people.

A third culture kid who never left home.

My parents moved to Galle in 1997, when I was one, because they believed God called them here.

My father worked for Geoffrey Dobbs and Charles Hulse, two of Galle's earliest hospitality pioneers. I grew up around the two of them, and through them I met people from all over the world. My mother ran a Montessori school. Business and hospitality from one side, education from the other, and plenty more besides.

Church and school did the rest. I started working with young people at fourteen and went straight from school into events and festivals. Then South Africa happened, and everything took a turn.

I never really moved away. The world came to me instead: in the last two years, I've met more people from across the world than from Sri Lanka.

A few things I believe
  • Jesus is King.
  • People matter.
  • Work is sacred.
  • Hospitality is a form of leadership.
  • You can't build a place without building its people.
  • Life in the South is worth living.
Experience Galle with me

Be my guest.

This is the Galle I live in, and I open it up to a few people at a time. Nothing is off the shelf. Every experience is shaped around who you are and why you're coming.

An evening

Dinner at my table, or the ramparts as the sun goes down.

A day

A drive down the coast, a village, the water. No rush.

A stay

A few days in Galle, planned end to end around you.

Hosted or arranged by meSmall groupsOpen all year

For this season, we're also working up a few special things. Ask me what's on.

Tell me when you're coming

Everything we're building from the South.

We're small, we're early, and we're ambitious. We want to grow into one of Sri Lanka's leading groups.

Measured by the people we build, not the money we make.

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Speaking

Wherever people are learning to lead.

I speak and teach at conferences, festivals, universities, schools and with teams. Mostly on experience, hospitality, leadership and building with purpose from the South.

Invite me to speak
Postcards from Galle

I write postcards. Real ones.

Every so often I write a postcard. Usually from Galle, sometimes from somewhere else in the world, always from me.

Your address is only used to post you cards. Ask any time and we'll remove it.

My biggest why

Not for my sake.

I want to see South Asia transformed, for the better and for Jesus. It's why my family came to Galle, and it's why I do what I do.

If you'd like to serve alongside us, through the leadership school or the work we do in the South, I'd love to hear from you.

Illustration of a Galle villa among palms, the sun setting over the ocean and the Fort lighthouse

Most evenings, you'll find me somewhere on this coast, watching the sunset over the ocean.

Get in touch

Write to me.

To stay with me in Galle, invite me to speak, plan an experience or a wedding, or just say hello.

sukhith@theboyfromgalle.com