Greenwald Goes to Sri Lanka
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 01.12.05 | 10:10 PM ET
Travel writer Jeff Greenwald, who is working with a relief organization to aid tsunami victims, filed a report from Arugam Bay for Salon.com. “Prior to the tsunami, Arugam Bay was considered one of the 10 best surf spots in the world; the British held their surfing championships here in 2003,” he writes. “Aside from a thriving tourism industry, the community included thousands of fishermen and their families. But the three waves of December’s tsunami struck this region with apocalyptic force, killing an estimated 3,000 people, flattening the fishing villages, and turning the strand of beachside hotels and restaurants into a scene of Hiroshima-like ruin.” Note: If you’re not a Salon subscriber, you’ll have to endure a short commercial to read the story. I watched an ad for a Salon.com celebrity Caribbean cruise: “Balmy breezes. Sizzling seminars. Lasting friendships.”
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
