Mastering Colombo traffic with secret short cuts : practical steps

This post covers the practical parts of mastering Secret Colombo Short Cuts (SCSC). If you don’t know what that means read the 2+ minute intro post. It will prepare you to master the Triple Swords of Colombo Traffic. These are: Geography (physical and social) Climate (political and meteorological) Whims of traffic deities Their purpose is …

Vavuniya Special Forces base from Google Earth

Image below is of Vavuniya Special Forces HQ supposedly the target of LTTE aircraft. It is located south of the Vavuniya air base runaway, divided by a road blocked to the public. Which is how the Sunday Times article on the LTTE air strike attempt described the base's location setting. If I'm wrong let me …

Ridi Vihare – Silver Temple Sri Lanka

Ridi Vihare -"Silver Temple" in Sinhala - is a historic cave temple on the road to Sri Lanka's ancient cities -an easy day trip away from Colombo. At first glance it looks like a large well supported rural temple nestled in the lush landscape. Looks are of course deceiving. Its treasures are subtle and hidden …

How to track commercial spy satellites over Sri Lanka

IKONOS2 imaging satellite (orbital path and overfly times in the screen grab below ) is one may commercial "spy satellites" that over fly Sri Lanka. Images from IKONOS2 can show objects up to 1m in size and are available for anyone who can afford it. The East View Cartographic website has higher altitude examples available. …

Terrorist base from Google Earth?

Installation has a distinctive circular shaped permitter interspersed with rectangular buildings. There is a smaller compound in the centre. It is located in the part of Jaffa peninsula held by the LTTE. North of the former Elephant Pass Sri Lanka Army base and south of the Mankulam exit/entry point. Interestingly the area where this installation …