Updated directions to Bevis Bawa’s Brief gardens

I updated my post with a map to Bevis Bawa's Brief gardens. Added images of the landmarks mentioned in the map along with some comments about them. However the information on that post is now more than an year old. I have not been able to go that way since mid July 2007. Things may …

Armoured Vehicles of Elephant Pass

Flying over the Wanni you pass a lot of tragic history. Below is the the site of the old Elephant Pass Sri Lankan Army base which was overrun by the LTTE in the late bad bad days of the 20th century. At least one personality in the Sri lankan Blogosphere (who now has a blog …

Omanthai LTTE Sri Lanka Government Entry Exit Point Sri Lanka Google Earth Post

Updated the original post with links to the Google Earth location file (.kmz file)

Omanthai Entry Exit Point Sri Lanka: Aerial Views, Reference links

Omanthai Crossing Point is the closest Sri Lanka has to an internal border crossing. The openings and closures are one of the wide array of symptoms used to monitor the pulse of the "situation". In the news Omanthai is the most frequently mentioned crossing point into LTTE controlled areas. There seems to be 3 check …

Thoppigala Google Earth location file (kmz file) online

The Thoppigala mountain location is available for downloading via my first Google Earth Forum post. 🙂 Finally got around to signing up and figuring out the Google Earth Forums. Posted the kmz file generated from my Google Earth application. When I get the time I'll put the other geobloging locations' kmz files online. If you …