Nuwara Eliya
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Hills
Beaches
Bentota
62 km. south of Colombo, the Bentota Resort Complex is a romantic rendezvous of river and sea with several hotels, railway station, post office, shopping arcade, cafeteria and an open air theatre showing folk and mask dancing with clusters of palms overlooking everything.
Hikkaduwa
98 km. south of Colombo, Hikkaduwa is the place for underwater delight. Site of the famed coral gardens; hire a glass bottomed boat or goggles and flippers and explore the fantasies under your feet. Don't purchase or encourage sale of corals.
Sithul Pauwa
Walk Into The Jungle Of Sithulpahuwa...
few kilometres inside the magnificent Ruhunu WildLife Sanctuary at a famous archaeological site called Sithulpahuwa.
Sithulpahuwa the ancient monastery site, believed to be one of the few of its kind in Sri Lanka where monks practise Mahayana Buddhism in contrast to Hinayana Buddhism, which has been the accepted form of Buddhism since Lord Buddha's teachings were first brought to Sri Lanka in the 5th Century BC.
Ancient ruins of Bodhisatva statue
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