Back on the road after a long break from international travel. Got into Sri Lanka this week, amid a new wave of violence between the Tamil Tigers and government forces here – a seemingly endless but forgotten conflict on the world stage. Heading out to Batticaloa and Trincomalee this week – in the east – formerly areas held by the Tigers, but now mostly in government hands. There was bomb blast here yesterday on a bus – another the day before on a commuter train. The atmosphere is tense.
Also hope to see some tsunami recovery projects while I’m here. It’s been over three years now since the massive Asian tsunami, and I was here in the weeks after that disaster. It’ll be interesting to see it again now, all these years later, to see where people are now in the rebuilding of their lives. So, off tomorrow for the field, and hope to get access at some point this week to e-mail.
June 7th, 2008 | by David in Uncategorized
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