hotel customers riding elephant

my 4-day tour to the "cultural triangle" of Sri Lanka

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February 13th 2011
I'm writing your from the beach resort of Bentota, where we arrived this evening, following a 4-day tour of Sri Lanka's "cultural triangle." Although the state of some roads was pretty bad, we never saw the destruction I feared seeing on the east coast. The weather has turned fine again, which is great for us, but also for all the poor people who must return to their homes and rebuild them. There ... 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