Indian Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum)

Wilpattu National Park

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August 18th 2015
Before arriving in Sri Lanka the main thing i kept reading was how friendly the locals were and i could not agree more, even the touts are polite! For our first night in Sri Lanka we would be staying at the Sea Sands Beach Resort in a small town called Negombo, just north of Colombo. The name makes it sound a lot flasher than it is but it suited us just fine and had the added bonus of being rig ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » North Western Province

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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