Kandy

Last Days in Sri Lanka :( !!

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December 3rd 2005
So we had made our way back to the Pink House. We DID have Cothu Rothi, I DID buy clothes (I ended up buying 5 shirts - and giving away most of my old ones to charity - all for 240 rupees...about 1.5 pounds!). The next day after we had arrived in Kandy, Ival received a telephone call from the rafting people back in Kilingatele. They had found his camera! Turns out a young 17 year old Sri Lankan bo ... 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