yala national park

i,m just wondering what the problem is at yala as some people advise against it just wondering why that is.

yala national park

Hi there,

%26#39;Delayed%26#39; troubles with LTTE (they were real about 8 months ago). There _is_ still a group of them roaming the jungles near Ampara but the park, and esp. the tourist part, is clean now. However if FCO advises against it then your travel insurance often won%26#39;t pay anything if you go, also for any other accident happening...

All the best,

%26lt;Erik%26gt; %26amp; [Sandya]

yala national park

i,m sorry as i,m new to sri lanka could you tell me who the ltte are,will have to check with fco nearer the time

Hi there...

LTTE, or commonly known as Tamil Tigers, are a group who have been ';at odds'; with the Sri Lankan Government for around 25 years, they have been fighting for thier own little piece of Sri Lanka, very similar to what we had here in UK with the IRA !

Agree with Erik about Yala, the FCO are still advising against all travel to there and surrounding aresa, you can go of course, BUT, should the unfortunate happen and you are taken ill, or simply have an accident, then your travel insurance will be void !

Regards

Dave

i,ve just been on fco website and it advises against yala still,i may rethink goin into colombo centre to as a number of bomb blasts recently there

Hi again

Not really anything of great interest in Colombo city itself, some shopping of course, but really nothing much else, most people including myself use it as a stopover en route to and from airport, may have to rethink this too as TODAY the FCO have added a warning about hotels close to Government buildings, installations ect !

Regards

Dave

Which is not unlogical. Last Friday one of the two very last (it seems) LTTE bomb planes, on a kamikaze mission, was targeting either the presidential palace or the Army/Airforce HQ, missed also due to flak, and in the end crashed into the Tax office 300 meters north of the HQ. Pilferage of the plane also hit the Transasia hotel which is nextdoor to the tax office. Only wounded in that building as far as I read and not too heavy damage, also because it leans back 100 meters from the main road where the tax office is, but still...

All the best,

%26lt;Erik%26gt; %26amp; [Sandya] - Colombo here we come (next week) without too much fears... :-)