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Day 1 Colombo

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August 16th 2018
We'd booked a walking tour of the old part of Colombo which started at 11. So we thought we'd go via the train station to book our tickets for a train ride to Kandy tomorrow. Little did we know there had been a train strike last week and that the trains were now completely booked out - except you could rock up tomorrow and just pay to get on the 3rd class carriage and stand the whole way - it woul ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province

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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