The Lion's Paw

The remaining carving of the paw was massive and it was easy to visualize what the entire site would have looked like

October 20th 2017
Sultry... Spiritual... Spicy... Is there any other way to describe Sri Lanka? Yes, yes there is... Shangri La! ....Perhaps James Hilton was just too drunk to properly pronounce Sri Lanka?? As usual, I startle awake in a strange bed. After being in transit for over 37 hours it takes me a minute or two to get my bearings. Right. I'm in Negombo. Yay! I've fina ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka

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

21st January 2018

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Sigariya
Sigariya has been on my Places-I-Have-To-Visit-list for many years. We were in Sri Lanka a few years ago but only visited a small part. We will go back one day and see more of the country for sure. /Ake

cabochick
Andrea

Oh I hope you get back there Ake. Sigariya felt very magical and the whole region is steeped with culture and ancient ruins, I still wished I had more time, and went farther northeast to places like Trincomalee and Jaffna. Guess I’ll be going back too!

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