Left side of the garden area

Sri Lanka Lion Rock Sigiriya

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November 6th 2012
We spent 2 nights at the Lion Rock Guest House – close to Lion Rock and just a little way out of Sigiriya. Another surprising little guest house in the middle of nowhere – only 8 rooms – each building was painted aqua green with white trim and our room was painted lime green and the bathroom was peachy/orange….but the only thing I really wanted when I arrived there was to peel myself out ... read more

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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