Observation Carriage

Letting the train take the strain

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March 19th 2009
After what seemed like a whistlestop tour of Kandy, today we're on the move again. We'd asked for breakfast at 7 - they served it on our verandah. Have I mentioned our verandah - it's huge! Finally got to try something vaguely Sri Lankan to eat - Egg Hoppers and onion sambol. Preceded by a tropical fruit platter. Oh, and the fruit juice they served was pineapple and coriander - great combinat ... 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