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Kurunegala. Not an obvious tourist hotspot!

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August 29th 2018
So after the weekend I was picked up by Anton, the centre driver (feeling uncomfortably like Driving Miss Daisy, except I sat in the front!) and we headed off inland to my first stop, Kurunegala. I can’t say how long it took me to get that off pat. Pathetic! Every time I say to Anton I want to see a monkey/elephant/snake. He hasn’t managed that so far! Apart from the first bit of freeway, whic ... read more

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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