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On to Galle

    06/05/2008 | Location: Galle, Sri Lanka
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From Colombo to Galle, it's about a three and a half hour journey by train for a nifty price of 200 rupees ($2). With a civil war going on in the northern portion of the country between the national government and a Tamil separatist movement, trains like this are perennial targets for suicide bombings during rush hour. We took it during an off-peak hour
(Photo and caption by Thushan Amarasiriwardena / LongJaunt.com)
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