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July 10th 2007
Sorry. Don't know if I'll get back to cover Jaipur and the India road stories. Computer access is a little harder to come by these days, so I thought I would stay current and fill in the gaps later. I'll leave some stories to tell when we get back. We arrived in Sri Lanka safe and sound. The first full day here we retraced our steps and found Rachel's orphanage. Two of the workers (a nun and a ... read more

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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 circa... ... read more

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Henry Dunbar

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I am 43 and live with my family in Northern Virginia, VA, USA (near Washington, DC). In the 1990s, my wife Debbie Hill (age unknown) and I adopted three children from three different countries. Our children are Nam, 16, from Vietnam; Rachel, 14, from Sri Lanka; and Lydia, 9, from India. In the summer of 2007, we are visiting their birth countries for a week+ each, and have side visits with friends in Spain and Australia on each end of the trip. We will take the unusual family summer vacation of completely circling the globe. This trip is meant to be cultural and educational, and not an attempt... full info

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