At the beach

Elephant Encounters!

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September 23rd 2012
After a week at the rescue centre and our first taste of cricket, already taken with Sri Lanka we were keen to move on to see other parts of the island. We negotiated a lift with the driver and van that had taken us to Colombo and planned to take a route along the coast up to Tissamaharama. Mark had identified our most luxurious accomodation to date which also included a bit of air-con and cabl ... 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