kolmanskuppe near grasplatz

lost places by christoph gunkel

i was taken by the beauty of the lost and empty houses filled with sand. its

an amazing story from 1904 about a place called kolmannskuppe in afrika.

  an asthmatic german railway official who

 found diamands like plums under a tree, and started a unprecedented diamond hysteria.

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photos : dietlind wolf in diyatalawa

27.and 28. may 2010 was vesak day in sri lanka,  

2 days commemoration of buddhas birth enlightenment and passing .

all huts and houses where decorated with handmade bamboo and paper lantern.