Lipton's Seat

Sri Lanka

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April 23rd 2012
Hello hello! Checking in from a rainy Colombo today which makes a change from the searing leg blistering heat of the past 3 weeks (turns out I can now even get burnt in the shade incase anyone is counting and now look somewhat reptilian from the waist down). We started our visit by trying to aclimatise slowly to the heat so headed to the hill country to lakeside Kandy where we shared both ou ... 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