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Sri Lanka day 2. From a pile of dung to washing an elephant

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September 4th 2017
Sri Lanka day 2 From a big pile of dung to washing elephants in the river Today was mostly about an elephant called Seetha. And the big pile of poo was at a dung factory. Yes, after breakfast, we started our day with a visit to a dung factory which surprisingly didn't stink. That may have something to do with elephant poo being 90% fibre but I'm not sure. What I do know is that this ... 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