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Monday, June 09, 2008

Hi everybody!

It’s been about a week since my last dispatch.  I was in Colombo for most of the time.  I had to get my visa extended, and do some other errands as well.

I hate going to Colombo.  There is no pleasant way to do it, without spending a lot of money.  That is if you can get someone from Batti brave enough to take you.  Right now is something of a low point in Tamil/Singhala relations, and Tamils are increasingly being targeted by the security forces for harassment.  Thus it’s hard to find drivers to go to Colombo. If you can, it’s about $200 for the trip.  That is to say, $200 just to get to Colombo, and the driver will immediately take his van back to Batti unless you pay daily for him to stay while you conduct business. So that’s not really a viable option.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Hi everybody!

First, I want to let you know that things have been quiet and calm this past week.  In fact when I went down to Kattankudy two days ago I even saw Tamil women walking the streets, presumably to do their shopping.  (more...)