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Wild Elephants

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January 12th 2006
OVERNIGHT TRIP: WILD ELEPHANTS Another long drive in the bus, this time to Giritale, a region to the north of Kandy which has several National Parks, and a mini-tourist industry featuring safari rides through these parks. For me, as a biologist, this was another highlight of the whole trip. On the way there, we stopped at a site with caves that were used by the Buddhists (still are, ... 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