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Monday, December 27, 2004
Gone
The scene below, which I photographed on October 10th, no longer exists. Sri Lanka's Arugam Bay was smashed by the massive, Asian tidal-wave that occurred on Christmas day (local time). As the news stories are released, the reported number of victims increases. We don't fear for Jay's relatives, but are unable to make a successful phone connection to the island.
The story seems more tragic to us as we'd also taken vacations in some of the other affected areas too. We've vacationed in the Maldives and visited Madras, India during a summer tour of that country. We also spent one summer travelling around Indonesia. On another occasion, we stayed in Phuket, Thailand. It seems to be taking a long time to collect information on the damage across south Asia.
The story seems more tragic to us as we'd also taken vacations in some of the other affected areas too. We've vacationed in the Maldives and visited Madras, India during a summer tour of that country. We also spent one summer travelling around Indonesia. On another occasion, we stayed in Phuket, Thailand. It seems to be taking a long time to collect information on the damage across south Asia.
Labels: Christmas, Indonesia, Q4_2004, Sri Lanka, the Maldives
Sunday, July 11, 2004
Tropical Islands
The other day at work, Christine, our administrative assistant, asked whether I'd be contracting a course in the fall. I mentioned that I was planning to go to Sri Lanka and that if fact we already had our tickets. She seemed really interested about the Maldives. The islands are relative close to Sri Lanka and, as mentioned last Wednesday, we travelled there in April of 1988.
The country is made up of 26 atolls with nearly 1200 islands! (Fewer than 200 of them are inhabited though.) As the airport is even a separate island, one needs a water taxi just to get to the capital city. We spent time on both Helengeli and the capital city of Male'.
The country is made up of 26 atolls with nearly 1200 islands! (Fewer than 200 of them are inhabited though.) As the airport is even a separate island, one needs a water taxi just to get to the capital city. We spent time on both Helengeli and the capital city of Male'.
Labels: Q3_2004, the Maldives
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