Swimming, camping or simply watching is the way protesters are experiencing life at President Sri Lanka.

Thousands of people on July 9 flooded the mansion of President Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo's capital to ask him to resign in the context of the country was deep into crisis.

They vowed to withdraw only when the President and the Prime Minister resigned.

The protesters swim in the presidential pool on July 9.

At the Gordon Garden Park of the mansion, families laughed and camped while the Buddhist monks were surprised at the marble floor and high -capacity central air conditioner.

The images on the internet showed countless people who freely struggled in the swimming pool of the mansion.

Outside the presidential palace, the security forces were still guarding but no one stopped people from coming in and out.

Among the people visiting the mansion yesterday, B.M.

I want my children and grandchildren to see the lavish lifestyle they are enjoying, she said.

A resident holds the shirts of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa inside the mansion.

46 -year -old Christopherka Gunatillaka, driving a motorbike from the outskirts of Colombo to visit the superficial building that previously ordinary people like him could not access.

I used all the economical gasoline to make a trip with my wife because you will never have the opportunity to visit Sri Lanka's most important mansion again, Gunatillaka said.

Sri Lanka is in the worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. The country lacks a serious foreign exchange, causing the import of fuel, food and drugs to be limited.

Due to unable to pay foreign debts of up to US $ 51 billion, the Sri Lanka government in April announced his default and was negotiating with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ensure a relief package.