Kandy

24 Days in Sri Lanka

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March 10th 2016
Kandy : Ozo Hotel £67 p/n. (£20 for 2 evening meal) Breakfast inc ?Taking the train to Kandy was a good move. We took 2nd class as first was full due to it being Poya (full moon) days. After waiting on the platform we spotted other foreigners so sat with them. Suddenly a deaf man signed to follow him, we had to run up the platform, cut through a standing train and jump onto our train securing a ... 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