By Vanessa Chia (16A13A) and Nicole Tan (16A13A)
From our very brief knowledge about Sri Lanka, the country was initially to many of us merely a nation plagued with civil strife for 26 years of its history—a worryingly belligerent and divided one. Perhaps the streets had been left in ramshackle war-like conditions. Perhaps the locals, having already been through a turmoil, would be guarded, even hostile, towards foreigners. These were thoughts that ran through the minds of the 59 Humanities students, completely unsure of exactly what to expect from a nation with such a complex history, as we boarded the three-hour flight with much anticipation and apprehension to find out whether such presumptions would ring true. Despite this, however, the seemingly trifling island off the coast of south-east India, in fact boasted more than the unsuspecting visitor could comprehend, and we would soon find that we were fortunate enough to have experienced this first-hand.
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