Goa Beaches

India / Sri Lanka / Dubai / Africa

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June 18th 2006
Jambo! India 3 Sothern India was so refreshing after the trials of the central plains. The people were so chilled out; it felt like a Caribbean island! I love the idiosyncratic movement / swivel of the neck the Indians use when talking, its very endearing. Goa is a beautiful resort with a Portuguese influence in its numerous Catholic churches dating back from the 1500's. Their patron saints, ... 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