The land of waterfalls.

Sri Lanka or Scotland on a bad day?

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October 24th 2010
Nurawa Eliya was FREEZING! I couldn’t believe it. Maybe for that reason it didn’t impress me. It says in the Lonely Planet that Nurawa Eliya can be a bit like Scotland, damp and wet. Yes, it is. We drove through many tea plantation along the way which are always pretty and did some tea tasting too. Trust me to like the most expensive. I bought just a small amount. The hotel we stayed at in N ... 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