මේ ජර්මන් ජාතික Prof. Dr.-Eng. Bernd Friedrichs මහතා වර්ෂ 1988 ලංකවේ කරපු සංචාරක ලස්සන පින්තුර වගයක්. මේ පින්තුර එතුමාගේ වෙබ්සයිට් අඩවියෙන් ලබා ගත්ත ඒවා. එකේ විස්තර ලියල තියෙන්නේ ජර්මානු බාෂාවෙන්. මම ඒ සමහර විස්තර ඉංග්රීසි ගුගුල් පරිවර්තනය කරලා දාන්නම්.
සමහර තැන් වල සිංහලු පුදුම වදයක්ලු දෙන්නේ තෑගී ඉල්ලලා, පොටෝ ගහන්න කියල.
මේ එතුමාගේ වෙබ්සයිට් එක. https://www.berndfriedrichs.de/index_e.htm
එක පාර ඔක්කොම පොටෝ දාන්න බැරි නිසා කොටස් දෙකකට පින්තුර දාල ඇත්තේ...
These pictures are from a vacation trip in 1988 to the west coast of Sri Lanka,. When taking pictures from the interior of the country, of street scenes, the living conditions of the population, the social conditions, the influence of Buddhism, the tourist infrastructure, it must be taken into account that now, after more than 30 years, the conditions may have changed significantly. That was my first trip outside of Central Europe and I was deeply impressed: - by the omnipresent musty humidity, much harder to bear than dry heat, - by the possible dangers (infections, snakes, diarrhea, colds, injuries from falling in surf), - by the openness and interest of the people (incidentally in stark contrast to the total secrecy that was later experienced everywhere in Morocco and Egypt), - by the friendliness towards the (supposedly rich) tourists, for example, being photographed is an honor for everyone, - often degenerating into annoying begging, - but what impressed and shocked me most was the incredible difference in living standards and lifestyle. The question of how our prosperity and luxury is justified in view of this has occupied me for a long time, but today I have a different view on it: not all the evils in the world are the fault of the "West". Because of the civil war between the Sinhalese and Tamils at that time, the entire north and east of the island were inaccessible to tourism.
මේ ඉන්නේ මහාචාර්ය Dr. Bernd Friedrichs මහතා
Sri Lanka: True colors, afternoon after a monsoon rain
The same spot again in the morning on the banks of the Bentota Ganga.
In the hotel: an abundance of food and staff. Next to each dining table stands a personally assigned waiter who asks what you want every few seconds: annoying!
street scenes from Aluthgama you can also see two fish sellers... Source for the hotel kitchen? Cooked food is probably rather low-risk.
My three major tours are marked on the map, during which most of the following pictures were taken. To the north (Kandy, Dambulla, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa) with the travel company. To the east (Ratnapura) and southeast (Kataragama) self-organized with local acquaintances
සමහර තැන් වල සිංහලු පුදුම වදයක්ලු දෙන්නේ තෑගී ඉල්ලලා, පොටෝ ගහන්න කියල.
මේ එතුමාගේ වෙබ්සයිට් එක. https://www.berndfriedrichs.de/index_e.htm
එක පාර ඔක්කොම පොටෝ දාන්න බැරි නිසා කොටස් දෙකකට පින්තුර දාල ඇත්තේ...
These pictures are from a vacation trip in 1988 to the west coast of Sri Lanka,. When taking pictures from the interior of the country, of street scenes, the living conditions of the population, the social conditions, the influence of Buddhism, the tourist infrastructure, it must be taken into account that now, after more than 30 years, the conditions may have changed significantly. That was my first trip outside of Central Europe and I was deeply impressed: - by the omnipresent musty humidity, much harder to bear than dry heat, - by the possible dangers (infections, snakes, diarrhea, colds, injuries from falling in surf), - by the openness and interest of the people (incidentally in stark contrast to the total secrecy that was later experienced everywhere in Morocco and Egypt), - by the friendliness towards the (supposedly rich) tourists, for example, being photographed is an honor for everyone, - often degenerating into annoying begging, - but what impressed and shocked me most was the incredible difference in living standards and lifestyle. The question of how our prosperity and luxury is justified in view of this has occupied me for a long time, but today I have a different view on it: not all the evils in the world are the fault of the "West". Because of the civil war between the Sinhalese and Tamils at that time, the entire north and east of the island were inaccessible to tourism.
මේ ඉන්නේ මහාචාර්ය Dr. Bernd Friedrichs මහතා
Sri Lanka: True colors, afternoon after a monsoon rain
The same spot again in the morning on the banks of the Bentota Ganga.
In the hotel: an abundance of food and staff. Next to each dining table stands a personally assigned waiter who asks what you want every few seconds: annoying!
street scenes from Aluthgama you can also see two fish sellers... Source for the hotel kitchen? Cooked food is probably rather low-risk.
My three major tours are marked on the map, during which most of the following pictures were taken. To the north (Kandy, Dambulla, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa) with the travel company. To the east (Ratnapura) and southeast (Kataragama) self-organized with local acquaintances
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