A Day Out With The Elephants!

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March 8th 2013
I would have classified myself as only a borderline wimp, however this time it has been one cockroach too far! From the confines of our mosquito net protected beds, we watched the cockroaches on the floor, lizards on the wall and a collection of mosquito looking beasties hovering around. Traumatised and tired we woke at 4:30am to visit some more unusual animals in Yala National Park. As the sun ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Southern Province

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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