tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post4422435787255502248..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Notes from Lanka: tourism overkillJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-78269025792414989962008-06-03T07:04:00.000+05:302008-06-03T07:04:00.000+05:30Did you have kottu roti?My favorite Sri Lankan foo...Did you have kottu roti?<BR/>My favorite Sri Lankan food.<BR/>Mmmmm going to have one.Rahulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600228969911790479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-45423768348012531902008-06-01T07:57:00.000+05:302008-06-01T07:57:00.000+05:30Rathchakra: yes, Delhi has so many interesting mon...Rathchakra: yes, Delhi has so many interesting monuments that could be promoted as tourist attractions, but one never sees that happening.<BR/><BR/>Anon: my need for comfort and familiarity causes all this? Interesting. That must be why the guides - and the staff at hotel restaurants - were so bemused by our insistence on having only Sri Lankan food throughout our stay. And where did you get the "downgrade everything you see" bit? The only things I've "downgraded" are the things that are already available in plenty in my own country.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-11638540549338215472008-05-31T23:27:00.000+05:302008-05-31T23:27:00.000+05:30Hi,Does it strike you that it is precisely because...Hi,<BR/>Does it strike you that it is precisely because of tourists like you who visit places but need the comfort of familiarity and wish to downgrade everything that tou see and experience to something relatable, that causes this ?<BR/><BR/>Even your example of the learn by rote funda is from FRIENDS--for Chrissakes !!<BR/>-- Aggrieved Sinhalese Baby elephantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-2472630476929715882008-05-31T17:55:00.000+05:302008-05-31T17:55:00.000+05:30This is so true. This tourism overkill is another ...This is so true. This tourism overkill is another Western import - The USA is also replete with such examples. (the certificate thing was hilarious...)However I would ignore these overkills if the Eastern world also imported the way even the most trivial of historic places have been preserved with utmost care in the West. We on the other hand, use and abuse even the most significant of our monuments. <BR/>Sri Lanka does sound like a country to visit...added to my list.rathchakrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11881486194606181380noreply@blogger.com