Fishermen's stilts

Luxury and a trip to Galle Fort

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January 18th 2015
We travelled on another manic local bus from just outside our hotel in Mirissa to the small settlement of Mihiripenna, a few miles outside the tourist town of Unawatuna. We had booked to stay two nights in a new villa which looked nice online. Once we got there we were stunned. It turned out that we were to be the first paying guests at the [url=http://www.booking.com/hotel/lk/pittaniya-villa.en-g ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka

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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