Marine Drive

Sri Lanka 2013 Blog 8 Galle to Avina to Mount Lavinia to Galle Face

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December 18th 2013
Monday 9th December: as our next destination was only 46 miles / 74kms up the coast we spent the morning wandering around the Fort area, staying mainly on the ramparts to benefit from the breeze and enjoy the views. At midday Diya arrived to take us to the Avina Hotel at Kalutara up the coast. We stayed on the coast road rather than taking the Southern Expressway, a motorway that links ... 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