Buddhas

Sri Lanka

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August 6th 2007
Hello everyone, big apologies for not writing for months, just have been getting carried away with life and stuff but no excuse really. So since I last wrote the biggest adventure was Sri Lanka and what an amazing time I had. The flight over was good, met a lovely guy who is originally from Sri Lanka but now lived mainly in the US but was visiting his family for a few weeks. He insisted on buying ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka

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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