Was in Sri Lanka for a week, for a reccie for a NGO film. I didn’t really do the tourist circuit, but saw the Sri Lanka in which people live a work. Villages & communities recovering from the Tsunami, villages and communities coping with a changing environment that can have serious repercussions on their lives and livelihood. ….
The first thing that strikes about Sri Lanka is that it is so very beautiful. the second thing that strikes you is the silence — people don’t drive with their hands on the horn, the third thing that strikes you is that it is beautiful, and the fourth and the fifth…..
on Jul 1st, 2008 at 10:49 pm
You are right.
Sri Lanka is beautiful. The people even more so.
I took a holiday in Sri Lanka few years ago. Travelled by car from Anuradhapura in the north to Galle in the south. It was fantastic.
I went there during the ceasefire and it was peaceful, but very soon the island was engulfed in strife once again. What a tragedy!
on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Is it safe to travel with the family for a holiday i these days ?
on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 1:48 pm
So you are back.
Natural beauty is indeed destroyed by unnatural, mostly of urban origin, noises. I am hoping there will be more pictures!
on Jul 4th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
@rada - it is. the people are friendly, the place is beautiful. i went from columbo to nuwara eliya and then columbo to humantota — both were breathtaking in their own way…
@deepak - safe is relative. i was there for 7 days and it was completely safe. so long as one avoids the deep jungles or the northern province, i guess…
@shefaly -
there will be….
on Jul 4th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Beautiful Pictures of Srilanka… Reminds me of Munnar in Idukki, Kerala.