First class luxury

Heading up north

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December 31st 2016
Today we had booked first class train tickets to Jaffna, a town right on the northern tip of Sri Lanka. It looked to be the best spot to try and get to the start of Adam's bridge for photo two and large enough to find a party for New Years Eve. Our train was the Colombo to Jaffna Express and extremely modern. First class had much more comfortable seats than the previous trip although the trip w ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Northern 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