Sexual harassment in Sri Lanka is ubiquitous. Are women safe?
Shocking statistics abound, yet travel bloggers, tourist boards and travel agencies are ardent in their praise of Sri Lanka’s invariably hospitable locals. We have a duty to inform.
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Where To Eat Vegan Food in Sri Lanka, and Chinese
Sri Lanka’s southern coast is replete with delicious, wholesome vegan and vegetarian food – you just need to know where to look!
How to be a responsible tourist in Sri Lanka
In many Asian countries, foreigners enjoy a liberty unavailable to them at home. It is fun to use ‘Monopoly money’ and drive liberally. However, it is important not to let such freedoms lead to hooliganism. Do not drop your guard.
Police Harassment in Sri Lanka: fines, bribes and batons
While it is becoming increasingly regulated, policing is still conducted by corrupt individuals who act outside the law. Appeals typically result in chaos, humiliation and dead-ends.
Police Harassment in Sri Lanka: An Anecdote
And they’re off, bike screeching, phone in hand. Something glints in the sky and our motorbike keys land on the floor in the middle of the road. Someone shrieks. We stare at each other, nonplussed. A quarter of an hour ago we were listening to an Englishman sing the Blues, shaking our egg shakers and feeling merry. Now we are pissed off, a little shaken, and very bored.