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If hell is other people, welcome to paradise

By Jane Knight

(Reproduced from the Guardian Unlimited of November 4, 2001)

Ken Hollins was jittery about travelling to Sri Lanka in October, but not because of the recent terrorist attacks which all but wiped out the island's tourist industry. He was planning to have his second wedding at a hotel in Bentota Beach and was nervous about the service. In fact, he booked the traditional Sri Lankan wedding just weeks after the July attack on Colombo airport by Tamil rebels, which left 21 dead. 

Linda, his wife-to-be, laughingly told him he was right to be worried; after a service with dancers chanting blessings, she thought she was going to fall off the decorated elephant they rode for the wedding photographs. [Full Story]

 

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