Waiting for the train - Colombo Fort Station

Ayubowan from Sri Lanka....

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April 25th 2007
In front of the Cathay Pacific check in counter, we were told that the flight was a day later. For a moment there, it was a confusion of 'did we get it wrong... again?'. Shortly it became clear that it was not our fault.... *phew*. The flight leg from Bangkok to Colombo had been cancelled due to a terrorist bomb just outside of Colombo. After establishing it was not our fault, we had the luxury of ... 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