{"id":3492,"date":"2017-09-09T23:33:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T23:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/77.104.180.154\/~andrewdo\/blog\/?p=3492"},"modified":"2017-09-20T11:31:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T11:31:05","slug":"elephant-complex-travels-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2017\/09\/09\/elephant-complex-travels-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Read this book<\/a> before and during my holiday in Sri Lanka. Gives an excellent overview of the country and its history which reveals itself to the reader gradually, culminating in an account of the end of the civil war. The chapters are sequenced and themed in a general anti-clockwise journey around the island starting in Colombo\/Negombo.<\/p>\n

On my travels I met a scientist from England who said that he found this book quite dense; I was grateful to find that it wasn’t just me who felt this! I think that the subject matter is so complex (as per the title) that it couldn’t be anything but.<\/p>\n

A very worthwhile read if you are visiting or have been to the island. A fascinating book about a unique country.<\/p>\n

More to follow about our amazing holiday when I get the chance to write up my notes.<\/p><\/div>\n

Read this book before and during my holiday in Sri Lanka. Gives an excellent overview of the country and its history which reveals itself to the reader gradually, culminating in an account of the end of the civil war. 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