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Published on: 2016-02-16
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No one sees the world quite like John Gimlette. As The New York Times once noted, “he writes with enormous wit, indignation, and a heightened sense of the absurd.” Writing for both the adventurer and the armchair traveler, he has an eye for unusually telling detail, a sense of wonder, and compelling curiosity for the inside story. This time, he travels to Sri Lanka, a country only now emerging from twenty-six years of civil war. Delving deep into the nation’s story, Gimlette provides us with an astonishing, multifaceted portrait of the island today. His travels reveal the country as never before. Beginning in the exuberant capital, Colombo (“a hint of anarchy everywhere”), he ventures out in all directions: to the dry zones where the island’s 5,800 wild elephants congregate around ancient reservoirs; through cinnamon country with its Portuguese forts; to the “Bible Belt” of Buddhism—the tsunami-ravaged southeast coast; then up into the great green highlands (“the garden in the sky”) and Kandy, the country’s eccentric, aristocratic Shangri-la. Along the way, a wild and often desperate history takes shape, a tale of great colonies (Arab, Portuguese, British, and Dutch) and of the cultural divisions that still divide this society. Before long, we’re in Jaffna and the Vanni, crucibles of the recent conflict. These areas—the hottest, driest, and least hospitable—have been utterly devastated by war and are only now struggling to their feet.But this is also a story of friendship and remarkable encounters. In the course of his journey, Gimlette meets farmers, war heroes, ancient tribesmen, world-class cricketers, terrorists, a former president, old planters, survivors of great massacres—and perhaps some of their perpetrators. That’s to say nothing of the island’s beguiling fauna: elephants, crocodiles, snakes, storks, and the greatest concentration of leopards on Earth.             Here is a land of extravagant beauty and profound devastation, of ingenuity and catastrophe, possessed of both a volatile past and an uncertain future—a place capable of being at once heavenly and hellish—all brought to vibrant, fascinating life here on the page.From the Hardcover edition. Ganesha - Wikipedia Ganesha has been represented with the head of an elephant since the early stages of his appearance in Indian art. Puranic myths provide many explanations for how he ... Sri Lanka Holidays Red Dot Tours What We Do Sri Lanka tailor-made holidays expertly designed by independent Sri Lankan specialists. At Red Dot Tours we cherish our clients as individuals. Sri Lanka Holidays Jetwing Travels Sri Lanka Specializing in destination management and Sri Lanka holidays Jetwing Travels Sri Lanka helps you discover an island paradise with sun drenched beaches exotic ... The Difference Between Sri Lanka and India - Rakhee Ghelani There's only 30 kilomtres separating Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka but the difference between Sri Lanka and India is much greater than a stretch of water. 3 Day Tours Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Tour Packages Sri ... PL Tours and Travels Sri Lanka 3 Day Tours three day tour packages in Sri Lanka 3 Days Tour Packages for Yala National Park tour Polonnaruwa tour Dambulla tour ... Ranganathaswamy Temple Srirangam - Wikipedia The Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple or Thiruvarangam (Tamil : ) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Ranganatha a reclining form of Hindu deity Sri Lanka One Week Holiday Tour to Sri Lanka - tucantravel.com A Sri Lanka adventure if you're short of time this one week itinerary offers you the highlights of Sri Lanka in a convenient 7-day trip. Offering balmy equatorial ... This is why we no longer ride elephants Intrepid Travel ... This is fantastic news! I have been on several trips with Tucan travel and on the last of these in Sri Lanka our group refused on masse to have animal rides ... Sigiriya: The Lion Rock of Sri Lanka Sometimes Interesting Deep in the middle of Sri Lanka a massive column of rock juts out from the green tropical forest. It reaches 660 feet tall and features frescoes graffiti and ... Sri Lanka Two Week Tailor-made Tour to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka stirs the imagination of travellers with its colourful Buddhist and Hindu sites wildlife viewing opportunities and diverse landscape.
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