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us how to meditate and guide us through XZ]P _SLY # NLaP^ LYO NZY_LTY^ OZePY^ ZQ
a prayer ceremony, before we all enjoy a -`OOSL ^_L_`P^ BPɪWW Pc[WZ]P _SP NLaP^ LYO
vegetarian lunch together in his home. learn more about the role of Buddhism in Sri
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Day 6 Visit Sigiriya
of chic restaurants, museums, shops, and
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colonial buildings, while the south is home Q]ZX XTWP^ LbLd /`MMPO ɭ?SP 7TZY =ZNVɮ
to the fashionable and evocatively named MPNL`^P M]TNV^ LYO ^_`NNZ bP]P Z]TRTYLWWd
Cinnamon Gardens neighborhood. added to form the shape of a giant lion,
we’ll see all that remains of this façade as
Following our city tour of some of Colombo’s we enter: two enormous clawed, feline feet
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local restaurant. the ancient Boulder Garden. And we’ll climb
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and colorful frescoes of the sensual Cloud
Maidens, whose beauty inspired visitors from
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Cave Temple
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,Q_P] M]PLVQL^_ _ST^ XZ]YTYR bPɪWW O]TaP
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enjoy lunch at a local restaurant and you’ll
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SLaP _SP LQ_P]YZZY Q]PP _Z ]P^_ Z] Pc[WZ]P ZY
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your own.
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to its history as the bastion of early Sinhalese This evening, we’ll gather for dinner at
NTaTWTeL_TZY BPɪWW ^_Z[ PY ]Z`_P L_ L ^XLWW the hotel.
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and have lunch, then set out for the nearby
aTWWLRP ZQ /LXM`WWL 3P]P bPɪWW aT^T_ _SP Day 7 Overland to Kandy
/LXM`WWL .LaP ?PX[WP L @90>.: BZ]WO BPɪWW ^Ld RZZOMdP _Z 3LML]LYL _ST^ XZ]YTYR
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NLaP _PX[WP NZX[WPcP^ 3PbY Q]ZX L XL^^TaP city encircled by mountains and the Mahaweli
]ZNV _ZbP]TYR XZ]P _SLY QPP_ LMZaP _SP River. This was the last capital of the Sri
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