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Day 3 Kandy

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August 18th 2018
After last night's amazing spectacle, we thought we'd better check out the Sacred Tooth Relic in the Temple. So this morning we started with a walk via the station to the market and Temple. The station is this classic 1930s Art Deco building with a departures board that I think London Euston should adopt ! See picture below - same old delays though ! We found the market and a guy who worked in ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka

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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