Stilt Fisherman

SRI LANKA

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June 21st 2010
It took us the labours of a rickshaw, train, taxi, airplane, bus and some 48 hours to get us from Kolkata to the capital city of Sri Lanka, Colombo. Before we arrived we had a few reservations about the place. One concern was the political unrest. Sri Lanka had only just emerged from a 30 year civil war where thousands of lives have been lost and the entire nation has been subjected to su ... 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