Ampara & beyond - Our precious memories in Sri Lanka

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As we set off to the local police station, we realised that it was not going to be easy to renew our travel documents. There was a long queue of lorries, vans and all sort of vehicles. We waited hours and hours for our turn to meet a police officer who is in charge of checking the vehicles. We filled some documents and our vehicle was checked by the police officer who rejected the travel permission first-hand because the vehicle I was driving was already registered under someone's name who currently lives in Ampara. I am in a big pile of troubles here. No one is convinced by my stories here. All they wanted was the piece of paper which was probably on someone's desk far from 90kms away from here.

There was no choice left other than driving to Ampara. We made a couple of phone calls here and there and made our journey with some bitter memories. I was completely disappointed by now, but it was somehow a good reason to discover the region since it is not anyone's hot spot. I have previously heard that there are so many ancient Buddhist sites hidden inside thick jungles in Ampara. I thought myself that it was worth visiting one or two sites while we were here.

The most painful part of the journey was, coming back to the same police station to renew our travel document. The same queue-the same police officer-the same forms. That's the life!

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