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Sri Lanka day 5: climbing Sigiriya, Polonnarawu, wild elephants, monkeys and monitor lizards

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September 7th 2017
Yes we're trying to cram as much as possible into one day again and the only let down was the first thing that happened, or didn't happen actually. Claire let me lie in until 5:15 and then we tried to catch sunrise and Sigirya in the same shot. Sadly the sunrise let us down and was devoid of any colour whatsoever so we went back to our room for half an hour to get ready. There are lots of dogs ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Sigiriya

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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