With our driver, Nalin

The Elephants of Minneriya National Park

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July 12th 2013
After our climb up Sigiriya, we returned to our bungalow for a few hours before heading out on safari to Minneriya National Park, located about a 10 km (20 mins) drive from where we were staying. After entering the park, we bumped along in the back of a safari truck in search of elephants. We looked in a couple of locations and got stuck in the mud before finally finding a herd of 20 or so elephan ... 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