Fruit market

Sri Lanka

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September 12th 2012
Sri Lanka; Our last minute adventure! We chose to travel to Sri Lanka without knowing much about the country at all...we thought it would be fun to explore a different part of Asia and to discover a whole new culture. Despite having no real expectations of Sri Lanka we were still surprised when we arrived! We spent a few days on the outskirts of the capital city, Colombo in a place called Dehiw ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Kandy

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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