Should I Go To Sri Lanka?

Question

I have an offer to go to Sri Lanka for two and a half weeks in April. It will be for a camp with my church (the assembly over there). All expenses paid.

Hmm... should I? Can someone tell me what Sri Lanka is like? I honestly don't know much about it. Is it dangerous? D:

What would you do in my situation? I'm currently leaning more towards going.

Answer 1

Personally I wouldn't think of going anywhere outside the good old U.S.A.   it's dangerous here in this small country town I reside in.

Answer 2

I am from srilanka and well i know what is going on here. I'm pretty sure that while u'r here u want go near the LTTE terrotory which is a very very small part of our country right now. Plus u'r a forigner and there is not no way not no how that the ltte will touch u because that they are allready in a tight situation and that since they can not cope with another army on there backs i guess u'r pretty much safe here. I have been living here for a looooooooong time(well most of my life) without seen a single battle this place is not like iraq belive me. the southern part of the country is pretty much safe. But still I have to say that this is not a safe haven for anyone. The war has started again and there is always a risk of an attack so u'll have to take a little chance if u are coming here if i had a chance like u'rs i'd cirtainly come visit this beautiful island

Hope my answer helps but the decision is up 2 U

Answer 3

sri lanka is always wonderful go enjoy

Answer 4

Hey... they are only having a civil war there... so have fun.

Answer 5

Ok those answers except for one, are nuts! That place is deadly!

Here just read these news stories and see what’s really going on;

Just look at what a Google search turned up; Murders, rapes, danger!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Sri...

This just happened over there;

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hlPP...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080129/wl_...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080128/wl_n...

You would have to have a death wish to go there now. It WAS a beautiful place but right now it’s a war zone!

NOTE:

The more I think about this the more it bothers me you might go there like other well meaning people and get… well too many horrible things to describe worse than death.

Trust this stranger on this; the wife and I both strongly fear for ANYONE going there now.

We have children and grandchildren and we would BEG them not to go there now; if that was their intention. Just Google; "Sir Lanka’s Human Rights Violations". Warning its shocking! Not for kids to see!

You might as well go to the battle fields of Iraq or Afghanistan as to go to Sir Lanka now.

Answer 6

try it! getting to travel out of the country for free? getting to explore foriegn countries? go!

Answer 7

oh ! yes go for the offer and fly to Srilanka

Answer 8

Sri Lanka is a wonderful country. There are many sights to see and plenty of things to do such as white water rafting and riding an elephant.

The shopping is great in the markets and the people are really friendly. One thing to remember though, make sure your arms and legs are covered when going to markets or temples. They are very strict on this.

So, go and have fun and I wish I was coming with you!