Baby elephant feeding

Elephant and Elephants

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March 15th 2009
The reason we've skipped two days from 13th to 15th March is that we flew in overnight on the 13th and so most of yesterday's events happened on the 14th! Confused yet? We woke at 7-ish... I opened the balcony doors and walked out - the heat hit me, and the sounds were incredible. Birds calling everywhere! I was greeted by another water monitor across the paddy, lounging on the wooden walkwa ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Sigiriya

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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