Big grey Monkey

Rice and Curry?

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November 11th 2007
1st November - 9th November 2007 Negombo - Colombo - Anaradhapura - Sigiriya - Dambulla We were a little premature in closing our account of India in our previous blog. When we finished writing it it was about 7pm. Our flight was lunchtime the next day - all we had planned was an early night (we were very tired) so we would be fresh for the new challenge of Sri Lanka the ... 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