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Sensory Overload

December 17th 2013
Best-laid schemes and all that... When we went to the station in Weligama to buy tickets this morning we were told there were no first class cars on any of the trains going to Colombo today. Serves us right for trusting what we were told the day before! We had hoped to acclimate to train travel with a trip in 1st class where a seat is guaranteed, and to ease our way back to 2nd class at a la ... read more
Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Colombo

Sri Lankan Flag 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
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