Driving around Unawatuna on day 3 after Tsunami brought pictures such as this, when local guys had set up something like a road block and were questioning people with an ax on their shoulder.

There had been no police around whilst the army had preferred to stay safe in central and northern Sri Lanka.

Only in Galle some troops had been seen whilst heavy looting had made Unawatuna an insecure place.

Even a week after tsunami no police or army had been seen except for an occasional truck, that had dropped some lunch bags.