Open for the first time in decades.
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Last time I was in Colombo, Sri Lanka was in the last stages of it’s 26 year civil war. If you somehow missed it, that war came to an end a few weeks ago. Since then Colombo has pretty much been in a constant state of party fueled by a sudden outbreak of nationalism. Whoever manufactures Sri Lankan flags is making out big time.
Hoped some of these would be taken down by now.
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They’re stung over roads, stuck to trees, plastered on every car. Pretty much anywhere there is space a flag gets stuck on it. Beaches that were closed for decades for security reasons now have young couples strolling along them. Couples who have never seen this beach or a country without war. We’ll see how much this jubilation subsides as I travel into the more Tamil populated areas.
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June 10th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
hey carl, nice pics. i guess you’re not seeing too many tourists around?
October 11th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
hey,
thnx for the update.
Hope your article would be helpful to bring more tourists to Sri Lanka.
good work, kepp it up.
Proudly,
Jaliya.
December 25th, 2009 at 5:20 am
It’s always nice to see good slowly emerge.
Those photos of the “no cameras” sign is quite ironic, but a very good collection.