Chilling in a hammock On Tangalle beach

Tangalle

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November 10th 2014
I am now three quarters of the way through my placement in Sri Lanka! In some ways it has gone so quickly but it also seems like ages ago that I was on the plane here. Projects went well this week. My favourite one was a special needs project where we did children's party games with them. We played pass the parcel with forfeits inside that encouraged them to be active such as "do 5 star jumps." We ... 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