At the Temple of the Tooth

A Holy Mosh Pit

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December 17th 2013
Camilas and I have agreed that he will stay with me for another two days, taking me to Nurawa Eliya, and then I will take the train to my next destination. This meant that he came with me to buy the train ticket, which worked out very well. Queuing as a concept doesn’t seem to have made it Sri Lanka. In fact even in the middle of the train ticket transaction people were pushing in and elbowing m ... 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