More tea plantations

Kandy and beyond

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January 26th 2014
We have spent a few days visiting the sights in and around Kandy, the second largest city in Sri Lanka. We travelled down to Kandy from the hills through miles of tea plantations on a rather old and rickety train service which took over 4 hours. The scenery was amazing and I must say it has to be one of the best train journeys I have been on. Yesterday we went to see the elephants at Pinnawala. ... 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