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Family time in Galle

    07/08/2008 | Location: Galle, Sri Lanka
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Traveling around South Asia, you'll see a lot of swastikas. The true meaning of the symbol is peace, but in a bad twist of fate, Hitler and his Nazi Party changed the meaning of the symbol by 180º by merely turning it 45º on its side.
(Photo and caption by Thushan Amarasiriwardena / LongJaunt.com)
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