# @natgeo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CFEttJNgoFZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11688642-natgeo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/a888d0c773.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-09-13T10:38:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Geographic (@NatGeo) — https://gondola.cc/NatGeo

## Caption

Photo by amivitale  Monday morning rush hour in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, as students bike to school. School starts at 7:30 a.m. sharp in this picturesque seaside town. Trincomalee is one of the oldest cities in Asia, and has been a Hindu pilgrimage site since 400 B.C.E. Now Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, and Muslim communities live together—one of the many hopeful scenes I witnessed while working in Sri Lanka for natgeo, looking at the memory of the 26-year-long civil war that ended in 2009. To learn more, follow amivitale and read the natgeo story, "Can Sri Lanka Hold On to Its Fragile Peace?"
thephotosociety #srilanka #Trincomalee #bicycle #bicycles #students

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trincomalee, bicycle, bicycles, students, srilanka

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