#tsunami #stern #geo #SriLanka On the way back, we pass some areas where we can only walk by the help of the army cause the locations of mines from the civil war period can only be predicted now. We look into the eyes of very hungry wild dogs while the elephants stood reportedly on higher ground in a group close together. Especially at the East Coast, large areas like around this collapsed Hindu temple were completely destroyed.The only lesson I learned:Whenever solid structures are destroyed – be it by a disaster, by fascists, by Elmo (or any) – we need to rebuild.Continuously rebuild.The next day in Batticaloa we wanted to visit Chitravadivel again … 🧵

#tsunami #stern #geo #SriLanka We looked at the community to ask for Chitravadivel and I was thankful for my agency, stern and some editorial colleagues in that moment…Chitravadivel was not at the left foundations of her house and it took us a while until we saw her nearby.It was just moments after she had found her bike.The bike to go to the hospital.To help and then to rebuild. Again.[end of the thread]