From digging latrines to luxury resorts: My emotional return to Sri Lanka after 21 years

It was an emotional and life-affirming return to Sri Lanka for Richard Hartley-Parkinson (Picture: Supplied)

The monsoon rains are approaching, and hotel workers are battening down the hatches as a strong wind blows the storm towards us.

I’m not sure if the tears in my eyes are from the sea breeze or the nostalgia of a journey I made to Sri Lanka 21 years ago, but I’m grateful that the wind is helping to dry them.  

Much has changed since I was last here as a volunteer in the months after the 2004 Read Entire Article