Sigiriya and Polonnaruwa

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We got onto another bus, fighting our way through obnoxious droves of tuk-tuk-driver/tour guides/guest house operators, and arrived in Sigiriya, where there is a fortress/monastery built on a giant magma plug. (Magma plus happen when a volcano has eroded away, leaving only the hardened column of magma that filled its core.) We found the Flower Hotel, which was decent and had a very pretty yard (w... Read Full Entry

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