Sri Lanka Pearl of the Indian Ocean
sri Lanka is a beautiful islnand with a colourful mixture
of religious cultures ,races and
geography – the tropical meeting place of old and new remains a true paradise
on earth. Ruins of over 2000
years of old civilization , temples, wild life, parks, pageantry,
mountains,rivers and water falls , capturs the eye of both locals and foreigners, young and old alike, it Is
and island throbbing with excitement of living.The sun serendipity follows you wherever
wander in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka was known to the world by various names derived from the word “Sinhaladipa” _the island of the Sinhala . Dfferent nations used different names such as Rathnadipa, Tambapanni , Taprobane Serandip ,Ceylon , Ceylon to describe the island.
The Island of Ceylon (Sri
Lanka) is a small universe; it contains as many variations of culture , scenery, and and climate as some countries a dozen times its size. I find it hard to believe that there is any country which scores so highly in all departments-which has so many advantages and so few d isadvantages. Sir Arthur C Clark. |