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SRI
LANKA
Sri Lanka is an island of endless enchantment, a tiny tropical
paradise where you could discover almost anything from golden
sun-kissed beaches, mist-shrouded mountains, awe-inspiring ancient
monuments and sprawling wild life parks to impenetrable rain
forests and rushing white waters to get the adrenaline flowing.
Travellers have a right to dream, and in Sri Lanka they would
discover their dreams could become a reality....
It is an Island of tranquil hospitality and spellbinding
sights and sounds, a culture and heritage inherited over thousands
of years, an island of vivid intensity where ancient customs
and traditions blend perfectly with modern life.
Where the customs, traditions and religious beliefs brought
in over the centuries add not only variety, but also spice
to the island life, blending the best from the East and the
West.
The Island has an unbroken expanse of beautiful golden beaches
from the soft brown sands and warm blue waters of the Indian
Ocean on its South and West Coast, to the world renowned beauty
of its unspoilt expanses of beach on the East Coast.
No less than seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites are located
in Sri Lanka. They include the ancient cities of Anuradhapura
and Polonnaruwa, the cave temples at Dambulla dating back
to the 1st Century, the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in
Kandy and Sigiriya - the rock fortress in the sky said to
be the 8th Wonder of the World.
The Sinharaja tropical rain forest is designated a UNESCO
World Natural Heritage Site and the white-washed seaport of
Galle with its impressive Fort is declared the only Living
World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka.
The World renowned space fiction writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke,
a resident of Sri Lanka has said : "The Island of Sri
Lanka is a small universe containing as many variations of
culture, scenery and climate as some countries a dozen times
her size....."
Every point on the island can be reached with just a few
hours travel by car, enabling even the short-term visitor
experience the island's diversities.
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