Landscape & Travel / Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
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Sri Lanka Roundtrip
The Highlights in Sri Lanka are the Sigiriya Rock with the beautiful clowd girl paintings, the cave temples in Dambulla, the Elephants orphanage in Pinnawela, the giant tea plantages in the highlands and the palmbeaches near Mirissa.
In 5th century before Chr. the Singhalesen ( translated Lion peaple or Lion nation) come from the Indian mainland to Sri Lanka and are today with approx 75 % the dominant ethnique group. The remaining 25 % of the residents of Sri Lanka's consist mainly of Tamilen and Moors (Muslime). In the north of Colombo there live some Christ. On nearly every roadcrossing you can find holy statues.
Itinerary:
Colombo -> Wattala -> Negombo -> Mihintale (walking) -> Anuradhapura -> Sigiriya (climbing up stairs) -> Polonnaruwa -> Dambulla -> Kandy -> Pinnawela (Elephants orphanage) -> Nuwara Eliya -> Horton Plains (hiking) -> Nanu Oya (train) -> Bandarawela -> Ella -> Tissamaharama -> Yala Nationalpark (Safari) -> Mirissa -> Kogalla -> Galle -> Colombo
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