Negombo (5)

First day on the beach

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February 12th 2012
It is 2:30am in the morning. I arrive 1 hour late and Rome from the Home stay is waiting to pick me up. On the journey from the airport I could tell straight away that Sri Lanka is a laid back easy going place compared to the intensity of India. I took me a while to get to sleep and I was awoken by chanters early – not from a mosque but a church. I found my ear plugs and went back to sleep until ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Negombo

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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