The beach at Negombo outside Jetwing Blue

The Mumpack Travel Club's maiden voyage to Sri Lanka

January 17th 2018
“Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta So its been about 6 years since my last blog entry. It’s good to be back! I’ve done my fair share of travelling since then from European countries to the Caribbean to Asia but all much shorter trips to fit in around work and parenthood. I’ve ticked another few countries off my bucket list takin ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Colombo

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

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