a cold Paris day

Sri Lanka Escapade

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February 4th 2011
Before leaving Paris and heading back to Berkeley, California on March 1st for several months, I signed up with a French tour operator for a 2-week trip to Sri Lanka. The trip is called "Temples and Coconut Trees" and, in addition to a tour of the main tourist sites, it includes 5 days on a beach. Unfortunately,though, the tour operator forgot to mention that Sri Lanka has been having terrible sto ... 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