View from our hotel

Beautiful Sri Lanka!

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July 7th 2008
We arrived in Sri Lanka late at night and got a ride to Holiday Inn in Colombo. It took us 2 hours to get to our hotel because of all the security check points. Our driver told us that security is a lot tighter in Colombo because of the Tamil Tigers, which is a good thing I guess, but still a little scary. After a good nights sleep, we made our way to the Indian Embassy to apply for our Indian ... read more

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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