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Fly over Galle, a beautifully preserved Dutch colonial fort city on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, where red-tiled rooftops, ...
A 17th century Dutch warehouse is perhaps an unlikely place to experience first-hand how Sri Lanka is continuing ... of land linking Galle Fort with the mainland. The tsunami waves did some ...
Matthews has returned to the region repeatedly over the last year, and is currently in Galle, Sri Lanka. ... Morning Edition talked with him last year, just after the deadly tsunami struck Sri Lanka.
The old city of Galle, ... is one of Sri Lanka's most important ... some 110km (70 miles) south of the capital Colombo, was also badly affected by the December 2004 tsunami. Its Old Fort, ...
Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, travel guide and things to do: The three-minute guide. ... both of which were devastated by the tsunami of 2004 but which have since been fully restored.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 4 -- Two men who snatched a gold chain from a woman struggling in the waves of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami will be tried for murder, Sri Lanka's solicitor general said ...
Galle Fort, a Unesco World Heritage site on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, is a beautiful and well preserved gateway to the country’s colonial past and cultural richness. Built by the ...
Galle Fort in Sri Lanka is one of the largest and oldest European-era forts in South and Southeast Asia, built by the Portuguese in 1588 and later fortified by the Dutch before British occupation.
Workers are racing against time to spruce up the tsunami-hit Galle cricket stadium for the second India-Sri Lanka Test starting July 31. GALLE (Sri Lanka), June 29: Workers are racing against time ...