on way to adam's peak

Kandy-Adam’s Peak

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March 4th 2013
We spent a night and an afternoon in Kandy after our tour of the Cultural Triangle. The bus ride there traveled through pretty hill country, with a patchwork of tea plantations glistening in the sun. The town is built around Kandy Lake – an artificial lake created by some ruler of the kingdom of Kandy. Once we’d deposited our backpacks at our hotel, we took a leisurely stroll around the la ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka

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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