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Colombo international book fair-2016


So this is my 12th time visiting the Colombo international book fair.If you can remember last year also I posted about this..So this won't be a long post..Usually it't not crowded on the first day..but since today is a holiday there were so many people..and you know what...this time it's FREE for university students.. I will add few photos of the ground plan of the book fair,so that if you are planning to visit the book fair it will help you.. :)




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  1. livelife247August 17, 2019 at 8:20 PM

    In 2016 i think it was my 11th consecutive participation in the event.it is the only time that my slightly clustrophobic self goes any where near crowded spaces.

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