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Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Miracle.
A lankan town that is no more
By David Fox
HAMBANTOTA ( Sri Lanka ) : This story is datelined hambantota,Wednesday,but in reality most of the town doesn't exist anymore. Situtated on a narrow strip of land on Sri Lanka's south caost, it fronted the Indian Ocean , while to the rear lay a big lagoon-partly mangrove and partly reclaimed for salt farming. Hambantota was the southern gateway to Sri Lanka's famed Yala National Park, its beach-front dotted with bungalows catering for tourists who wanted a seaside holiday combined with a wildlife adventure. So the town was at its very busiest when the deadly tsunami triggered by an earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean swept away everything in its path on Sunday morning. Virtually nothing of the town remains.The telecom tower, slightly crooked at its bas has , astonishingly,already been repaired . A small green mosque miraculously seemed to have escaped much damage, although the force abd height of the water was such that the blades of its ceiling fans now hang down like a gnarled claw .
Amazing , isn't it ?
posted by Niqabi at 11:42 PM
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Name: Niqabi
Location: Lahore, Pakistan
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Interests: World War II, Jews, Hebrew, ancient sites, Muslim rule in Spain, revolutions, Vatican city and Islamic literature.
Books: The black album, Portofino, Ladies coupe, In beautiful disguises, The buddhist of Suburbia, The hidden life of Otto Frank.
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