Couple of old blokes

Beaches and Elephants in Sri Lanka's South West

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September 8th 2007
Sri Lanka, as the saying goes is a land like no other and for the past 5 weeks we've been appreciating what it has to offer. We started in Hikkaduwa, about 4.5 hours South of Colombo and one of Sri Lanka's main beach destinations. We quickly got to grips with the relaxed pace of life here, fantastic curries and soaking up the sun. They have a good snorkelling reef but we were in the wrong seaso ... 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