Negombo Beach

36 hours later...

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February 24th 2013
36 hours travelling, 2 delays, 3 films, 4 magazines and no sleep later, we made it to Sri Lanka. Needless to say our taxi pick up was no where to be seen, but there was hundreds of eager taxi drivers ready to take us anywhere. We opted for the least sleaziest taxi driver to discover that in fact his truck/van/death trap was not fully operationaland required a push from 3 of his fellow taxi friends ... 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