Sri Lanka is a magical place. Sitting off the toe of India, it is colorful, noisy, enchanting, spiritual and endlessly fascinating. If you are lucky enough to find yourself on your way to Sri Lanka, here's your list of things to see and do.
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The ruins of Anuradhapura.
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King Kasyapa (477 – 495 AD) built his palace on the top of this rock and decorated its sides with colorful frescoes. On a small plateau about halfway up the side of this rock he built a gateway in the form of an enormous lion. It is one of the best preserved examples of ancient urban planning. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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The view from the top of Sigiriya.
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Sri Subramaniya Kovil in Colombo
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Pinnawala, Sabaragamuwa River
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Sri Lankan sapphires are among the finest grade gems found anywhere.
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Unawatuna Beach
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The cave monastery of Dambulla, a World Heritage site, has five sanctuaries and is the largest, best preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka.
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The Royal Botanical Garden Peradeniya near Kandy
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Staircase at Yapahuwa Temple
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The stilt fishermen of Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka's Hill Country is a place where you can wear a fleece in the daytime and cuddle up beside a log fire in the evening.
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An experience not to be missed.
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Many plantations offer tours to see how tea is made.
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Amanwella, a modernist perch in Tangalle, on Sri Lanka’s southern coast.
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Mirissa Beach
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Gal Vihara, Polonnaruwa - Colombo
Sri Lanka harvest peppercorns, cinnamon, cardamon, sandalwood, cloves and so many other spices.
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Dambulla Cave Temple
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An elephant in Habarana National Park
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An Asian Fairy Bluebird
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Unawatuna Beach
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The Gal Vihara, is a rock temple of the Buddha situated in the UNESCO listed ancient city of Polonnaruwa
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Egg hoppers and chicken curry
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A Sri Lanka leopard known as a kotiya
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Nuwara Eliya
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Anuradhapura
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Gangaramaya Temple, Colombo
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Downtown Kandy
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Galle Beach
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The Aukuna Buddha in Anuradhapura was built during King Dhatusena's reign (455-473AD). The +40ft statute was carved out on a massive rock face.
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Like everywhere in Asia, the markets are really colorful, noisy and aromatic.
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Sri Dalada Maligawa aka Temple of the Tooth in Kandy is home to a Buddhist relic - one of Buddha's teeth.
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Turtle Conservation Project, Kosgoda.
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Seetha Amman Kovil in Seetha Eliya. It is believed that Sitha was held captive here by the king Ravana as told in the Hindu epic, Ramayana.
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A mask maker.
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Adam’s Peak is well known for the Sri Pada, i.e.,"sacred footprint", a 1.8 m (5ft 11 in) rock formation near the summit, which in Buddhist tradition is held to be the footprint of the Buddha, in Hindu tradition that of Shiva and in Islamic and Christian tradition that of Adam, or that of St. Thomas. In Islamic tradition it is the site where Adam fell to earth and where his footprint cane found
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Colombo is noisy, noxious, overcrowded, edged by slums but also an absolutely fascinating place to visit.
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Kandaswamy Kovil in Nalluir is one of the most significant Hindu temples in Northern Sri Lanka
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The stony ramparts at Galle
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1840 steps, bordered with frangipane trees, leading to Mihintale, where the story of Sri Lankan Buddhism began.
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Trincomalee in the East Coast of Sri Lanka
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Tamil farmers transporting coconut husks.
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Tangalla Beach