Temple Dog Waiting for Dawn

December 25th 2013
On Christmas Eve we undertook the 5 hour journey from Haputale to Hatton and then on to Dalhousie (also referred to as Del House by the Sri Lankans) to hike a sacred mountain. We arrived at 6:00 PM, just in time to take a look at the mountain we were going to climb, have dinner and get right to bed, setting our alarm for 2:00 AM. It is called either Adam's Peak and thought to be the first p ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Hatton

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

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Roberta Cenedese

Matt and Roberta

Matt and I met while we were both traveling in Puerto Rico in 1998. He worked on a research site in El Yunque Rainforest on the main island and I worked as a divemaster on Vieques. After 10 years living a settled existence in Vancouver, Canada, we felt a real need to get back to traveling. So we sold our house, put our stuff in storage and set off in search of great places to freedive and new adventures. Right now plans are to explore SE Asia until we feel the call to move on...... full info

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