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Sri Lanka 5th day - Dambulla to Kandy - Thu 12 Jan 2017

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January 12th 2017
At 5 am we were awakened by the sound of chanting booming from loudspeakers. It was the full moon and a religious holiday. Although the local town authority had agreed not to broadcast early morning prayers, today was a religious holiday so the prayers were broadcast! We set off at about 9 am for Kandy via Dambulla. The roads are really narrow and when we arrived in the centre of towns we ... 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