Asia, Locations Published on January 1, 1987 1987 Sri Lanka written by Silke Gondolf Colombo, Hikkaduwa, Hapatule, Ambalangoda, Wellawaya, Kandy, Gaulle Colombo’s central bus station got blown up by LTTE. There were cows on the beach in Hikkaduwa, not tourists. I rented a big Dutch bicycle to ride through the south of the country.