Fish traps

Photo #2

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January 1st 2017
First day of the New Year and a mini-adventure planned. To get to the closest point between Sri Lanka and India we would have to cross Mannar Island. Our driver was a young Air Conditioning Engineer who was as excited as us. He had never been to the end of Mannar Island before either. At various points on the trip he was waving to his friends on motorbikes and we even passed his father who owned a ... 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