close up of the detail on the Hindu temple

Colombo, Sri Lanka

---

November 28th 2013
Happy Thanksgiving! Wishing everyone an enjoyable day and delicious dinner! Our dinner was a veggi rice dish on a train to Northern Sri Lanka, and it was quite good! Sri Lanka - only our 3rd day here but already so many impressions. One thing for sure, it is not India. Due to the proximity and some reading, we thought it would be. And there is plenty of Indian influence, many of the women wear the ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Colombo

---

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