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Sri Lanka’s ‘Cultural Triangle’: Part 1 – A big rock and some caves

Sri Lanka’s ‘Cultural Triangle’: Part 1 – A big rock and some caves

After enjoying our first Hindu wedding in Chennai, India, we flew to Sri Lanka for 10 days to explore the ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’. It was just a short hour and half flight across the Indian Ocean. Very excited to be at Sigiriya We spent our first four nights in the country in Habarana – a town in an area of Sri Lanka known as the ‘Cultural Triangle’.  There’s not much to see in Habarana itself, although I did…

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5 things every traveller should know about India

5 things every traveller should know about India

1. Watch out for the Indian paparazzi! As a (white) westerner travelling in India and particularly when visiting sites that are popular with Indian (rather than foreign) tourists, you will at some point become a tourist attraction yourself.  So it starts … with one baby Mostly, the interest is harmless. Families want to come and say hello, welcome you to India and have their photo taken with you. It can get a bit annoying though, particularly when you’re just trying to…

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