Most of our travels through Asia we have experienced a greyish, white sky, an often low hanging smog that hides any blue. The air quality in the developing world is dirty, it harkens back to the days that America had acid rain before the EPA made laws to prohibit vehicles and power plants from spewing poison into the land, air and water. The Western world is consuming many of the goods produced in the developing world, precisely because there are few environmental restrictions in this part of the world and production is inexpensive. In the US we expect and take for granted clean air, water and soil. However if we get complacent, the public services that we take for granted will only be available to those that can afford it.
Sri Lanka has been missed by the world and as a result has the cleanest sky, unspoiled land and clearest oceans that we have experienced so far in our travels. I am afraid that this will not last as the Chinese have already set thier ever reaching gaze and dollars here.
Experiencing the glory of the big beautiful sky, billowy clouds and iridescent colors that look unreal, is spiritually fulfilling. It pierces me a little, as now I know how much there is yet to lose.
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