Share Your Wanderlust Photos of Sri Lanka — It’s Not Shallow

The tragedy that unfolded in Sri Lanka last Sunday was completely and utterly devastating. As a born and raised Catholic whose favourite time on the liturgical calendar is Easter, I was particularly moved as the freedom to visit my place of worship safely is so important to me. I was even more distraught to find out this was in response to the Christchurch massacre. I find Islam to be a beautiful and peaceful religion and I have the utmost respect for the followers of that religion. To know there is such abhorrent destruction of people’s lives around what is meant to be a religion to promote peace and the word of Allah makes me feel incredibly sad.

Of course, the series of blasts in Sri Lanka made its way to social media quite rapidly. I was rather disappointed when I saw a few posts from people making fun of Instagrammers sharing their travel photos to Sri Lanka in the wake of the terrorist attack with the hashtag #PrayForSriLanka. Some people were talking bout how shallow, self-centred and disrespectful these people are.

I have not had the opportunity to travel to Sri Lanka unfortunately, so I was not able to share any wanderlust photos of me trekking what I have seen to be a beautiful country.

Sri Lanka’s rather recent history has been plagued with civil war. In the last few years…