Repeating Buddhas

Sri Lanka: Clean, Green & Buddhist

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February 4th 2012
I never finished my travel blog from late 2011. Sorry for the delay but better late then never! We intended to spend 2 1/2 months in the land of Mowgli and Baloo but after 5 weeks we were ready to Quit India. Sri Lanka was an easy next destination as it's an island shaped like a droplet of milk dribbled a mere 20 miles from the tip of India’s nipple. Upon arriving our first thought was, "O ... 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