Sigirya Rock Fortress

Tour of the Cultural Triangle

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October 7th 2015
After a fairly short and comfortable flight from Delhi, we arrived in Sri Lanka's capital city Colombo. As it took us a while to get through customs and get our luggage, it wasn't until 5pm that we arrived at our hotel. As we spent most of the small amount of cash we had on the taxi getting to the hotel, our first objective was to get some more. This proved more difficult than expected. We tri ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central 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