Summary
As Sri Lanka recovers fromthe tsunami,ex-MP Oona King finds it's the perfect place for a pick-me-up after Election defeat
THE island of Sri Lanka is the shape of a teardrop that slipped from the southernmost tip of India 100million years ago. A year after the tsunami brought havoc to lands in and around the Indian Ocean, I visited two resorts in the country that Virginia Woolf's husband, Leonard, described as an 'emerald fringed by gold and set in aquamarine truly a jewelled pendant'.See the full content of this document
Extract
From Bethnal Green to the Court of the Lion King
Having been MP for Bethnal Green and Bow for eight years, I lost my seat to George Galloway in the General Election last May.
The bitter campaign took its toll, so to recuperate I took off with my whole family for a spot of relaxation in beautiful surroundings.But as I stepped off the plane in the capital, Colombo, pretty jewels weren't the first thing I saw. Raucous traffic swerved around water buffalo and beneath palm trees before continuing down the coastal road towards Galle, an important trading town and formerly a Dutch fort.Every so ofte...See the full content of this document
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