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Roadside Shops with Vesak Lanterns

It was the week before the Vesak festival


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Sri Lankan  Flag 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]
Blog: Hussle and Bussle of Colombo
Date: April 26th 2012

Colombo is your typical Asian city. Hot and crazy busy with traffic, especially motorbikes and buses, coming at you from all directions. This was a rushed trip, so we tried to make the best of it and planned on covering a lot of ground in a very short time. Things are way more efficient than they used to be in the bad old days. Clearing customs took only 15 minutes, getting a SIM card at the ai ... read more


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