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aliasjjj:

Many thanks for the post. Brings tears of joy to my eyes on a positive note. Comments to note


I really enjoyed the people in Sri Lanka, and can honestly say that they were among the friendliest people I’ve met.


There is a little bit of everything for everyone when it comes to the nature in Sri Lanka, surfers and beach bums will love the beaches, hikers will love the mountains and views, and adventurous people will love the wild life and how easy it is to find “unexplored” and “off the beaten path” areas.


We were actually very surprised, and confused, about the cost of things in Sri Lanka – compared to other countries in South and South East Asia, Sri Lanka is not cheap – you simply get less for what you pay for.


The fees to temples and cultural sites, were often surprisingly high, which put us off a little since we weren’t prepared for that.

aliasjjj wrote:This is what Foreign Travelers say about Sri Lanka.
http://www.aswetravel.com/impressions-of-sri-lanka-what-you-need-to-know/

smallville wrote:My dear bulls,

Slstock has not started this thread for you 2 to fight.. If you 2 have a prob, take it up elsewhere not in the forum..
I respect yor views, but all views has to be in decent terms.. Pls stick to the topic discussion and dont jump out of the track..

Agreed.
But completely disagree with aj's comment.
I can prove his comment is completely wrong even from Ceylon past history.

When the parliament (irrespective of the party in power) cannot resolve problems of the people, you are left with few alternatives, either fight or migrate.

After the end of war, now we have come to beginning. Initially people demand their rights democratically. Then started the war... it went on destroying everything even the LTTE.

Now it is the right time to start the journey as Sri Lankans.

If you focus on business (including investing in CES) you can’t do business with war ...... unless you are selling weapons..

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wiki wrote:That is why a acceptable solution is needed for the war torn area. Just end of terrorism does not mean that we have achieved the peace.

without concrete solution it is difficult to counter attack the Tamil diaspora because they have valid point in front of the world..

Could you kindly mention that valid point ?

It is obvious and even MR also want to do something with the LLRC and bla bla bla(IN your language).
Take out the communal minded glass and look to the reality.

Ohooo.....why are you so late to reply ? Anyway cut the crap and come to the point friend as you suggested to troy

That include for your comments also Rijaya.

I do not want to make comments to ur dreams but I want other members to see the truth. So that I am going to make following post.


This problem is,

Created by British

Maintained by Power hungry Tamil Politicians

Worsened by LTTE Terrorists

Of course supported by Stupid Sinhala Politicians,Indian government and Some Western Countries


Military part destroyed by MR government

But other parts still maintained by Power hungry Tamil Politicians including so called diaspora.


Created by British ;- Without considering the number of people in different ethnic groups or history of the country they gave almost eaqual number of representatives to different ethnic groups in their parliament.



Maintained by Power hungry Tamil Politicians :- When people were given polling right these politicians understood that they could not maintained the power in the parliament. So that they opposed to giving polling rights to each and every person and asked for 50 : 50 representation in parliament which was totally unrealistic considering the ratio of Sinhala and tamil population in the country.(Of course some Sinhala politicians opposed to give polling right to each and every person but that was due to some other reason.) When all these unrealistic and unfair suggestions got rejected they prepared a history about north and east based on a baseless book called ‘Yaalpaanam Waippawamaalei’ which was written in Dutch era to satisfied the tamil people who were brought from south india for cinnomon cultivation.And based on that factless,baseless history they asked for almost separate area in north and east for tamils.



Worsened by LTTE Terrorists :- To force the Sri Lankan government to fulfill these unrealistic requirenments these tamil politicians formed military groups in north and east.Showing the ruthless,merciless nature Prabhakaran killed even his creators.I do not think there is any need to go in to the details of their ruthless,merciless nature.



Of course supported by Stupid Sinhala Politicians,Indian government and Some Western Countries ;-Most of the Sinhala Politicians did not understand the reality of this problem…(Still most of them do not) and they tried give solutions based on baseless hypothesis.And also there were some stupid actions taken against innocent tamil people.

slstock wrote:

We were actually very surprised, and confused, about the cost of things in Sri Lanka – compared to other countries in South and South East Asia, Sri Lanka is not cheap – you simply get less for what you pay for.


The fees to temples and cultural sites, were often surprisingly high, which put us off a little since we weren’t prepared for that.

Is this cuz of the low labour fees in SL?
I think the salaries we get are much less than what we have to pay for goods.. In some areas we're cheap like public transport but cost of food (essential items) and oil is too high..

But in other countries the salaries are taxed above 30% I heard.. ???

Small,
The issue is comparative to salaries we get in Sri Lanka the cost of food is relatively high. If you take a decent restaurant meal ( tourist level) it is rather expensive in Sri Lanka isn;t it. In thailand the hotel rooms are much cheaper with the cost of food also comparatively lesser. ( India is cheaper i heard). Sri Lanka is actually not hat cheap for tourist except for transportation and basic medical services.

Talking about food for example, if you take Carrots , when on sale in USA 1 pound can be bought for $0.33-0.5 cents . Chicken im USA when on sale can get cheap as $ 0.8 a pound. ( if you just go and buy without a sale leg quarters are about $ 1.5 a pound). In Dubai I saw the price are cheaper than Sri Lanka. Compared to what you earn in those ountries the percentage for food costs is lower.

I think compared to India , malaysia and thailand sri lanka is comparatively expensive. I might be wrong but this is my general understanding.

smallville wrote:

slstock wrote:

We were actually very surprised, and confused, about the cost of things in Sri Lanka – compared to other countries in South and South East Asia, Sri Lanka is not cheap – you simply get less for what you pay for.


The fees to temples and cultural sites, were often surprisingly high, which put us off a little since we weren’t prepared for that.

Is this cuz of the low labour fees in SL?
I think the salaries we get are much less than what we have to pay for goods.. In some areas we're cheap like public transport but cost of food (essential items) and oil is too high..

But in other countries the salaries are taxed above 30% I heard.. ???

In general, income levels of salaried employees in SL are low (relative to prices of essentials).
That is one of the reasons for the high levels of corruption.. and large number of migrant workers.

I think below article should further strengthen what I said below about sri lanka hotel situation

http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=57906

slstock wrote:Small,
The issue is comparative to salaries we get in Sri Lanka the cost of food is relatively high. If you take a decent restaurant meal ( tourist level) it is rather expensive in Sri Lanka isn;t it. In thailand the hotel rooms are much cheaper with the cost of food also comparatively lesser. ( India is cheaper i heard). Sri Lanka is actually not hat cheap for tourist except for transportation and basic medical services.

Talking about food for example, if you take Carrots , when on sale in USA 1 pound can be bought for $0.33-0.5 cents . Chicken im USA when on sale can get cheap as $ 0.8 a pound. ( if you just go and buy without a sale leg quarters are about $ 1.5 a pound). In Dubai I saw the price are cheaper than Sri Lanka. Compared to what you earn in those ountries the percentage for food costs is lower.

I think compared to India , malaysia and thailand sri lanka is comparatively expensive. I might be wrong but this is my general understanding.

smallville wrote:

slstock wrote:

We were actually very surprised, and confused, about the cost of things in Sri Lanka – compared to other countries in South and South East Asia, Sri Lanka is not cheap – you simply get less for what you pay for.


The fees to temples and cultural sites, were often surprisingly high, which put us off a little since we weren’t prepared for that.

Is this cuz of the low labour fees in SL?
I think the salaries we get are much less than what we have to pay for goods.. In some areas we're cheap like public transport but cost of food (essential items) and oil is too high..

But in other countries the salaries are taxed above 30% I heard.. ???