Tag: Sri Lanka
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Night Train to Colombo
Our three-wheeler pulls into the dusty lot used as a bus station. Several mini-buses and big red buses similar to school buses idle around, engines humming and doors open, all waiting to depart to various cities in eastern Sri Lanka. I grab my bags and step onto a patch of caked dirt. My friend Apriliza […]
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Elections and Hope in Sri Lanka
“In my country there will be an election,” declared Oskar my taxi driver, as he drove me through the center of Colombo. An hour earlier, my flight had landed at Bandaranaike International Airport, 35km north of Colombo, Sri Lanka’s largest city and capital. It was Sunday, January 4, 2015, four days ahead of the awaited […]