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The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circ... [read more]
The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circ... [read more] Blog: The New Age of the Flying Tigers
Date: June 5th 2007
It has been a pretty unexceptional fortnight. The flight to Sri Lanka was unusually empty and security in Colombo in the new age of the flying Tigers (of the Tamil variety) was even higher than usual. We were stopped at several checkpoints before we got clear of Colombo. In Galle things are of course much as they were six weeks ago, the only change being that we are now plagued by frequent and lo ... read more
Date: June 5th 2007
It has been a pretty unexceptional fortnight. The flight to Sri Lanka was unusually empty and security in Colombo in the new age of the flying Tigers (of the Tamil variety) was even higher than usual. We were stopped at several checkpoints before we got clear of Colombo. In Galle things are of course much as they were six weeks ago, the only change being that we are now plagued by frequent and lo ... read more
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February 2007 - May 2008: Travels in Asia and the Middle East
June 2008 - August 2008: Singapore to Stockholm overland
September 2008 - May 2009: Travels in Europe
May 2009 - June 2009: Morocco
July 2009: South Africa
August 2009 - December 2009: India
January 2009 - South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho
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