Soldier, Colombo checkpoint

Soldier, Colombo checkpoint
Originally uploaded by Sapient Iguana

I negotiated for several minutes to be able to take this photograph. There was much consultation with higher authority and investigation into where I was from before they would submit to be photographed. Colombo is less twitchy about security now than it was a year ago when I was last there, however there is still a high security presence, especially in the central parts of Colombo.