Sri Lanka is one of the finest island of its size in the world. It counts with endless beaches, timeless ruins, welcoming people, lots of elephants,
cheap prices, fun trains, famous tea and flavourful food. Few places have as many Unesco World Heritage Sites, eight, packed into sucha a small area.
A Buddhist civilization was the substrate for the Sinhalese population where generations of Arab, Malay, Portuguese, Dutch and Brithis settlers subtly
transformed its culture, architecture and cuisine, while Tamil population has established a vibrant Hindu culture with Indian roots.
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