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The Kandy Festival in Sri Lanka

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September 13th 2007
From our last blog we went to Nuwara Eliya, a favourite holiday destination for many Sri Lankans as it epitomises Britain in their minds, with cute cottages, vegetable patches and lodges. The only similarity we could see was the weather that was blooming freezing and had us wearing jumpers and scarves the entire time! We looked at a thermometer in the hotel and it only read 25 degrees - Brrrr! Ple ... 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