බෝට්ටුවෙන් ලංකාවට එන උන් - තායිලන්තේ ඉඳන් ගාල්ලට දවස් 15ක්

I sailed from Phuket Thailand to Colombo Siri Lanka in 1977 on a 53 foot Cheoy Lee with two women from New Zealand and two guys from Detroit, one of whom was a Detroit real estate developer who said to us unpaid creiw, "If I find you smoking dope I will throw you overboard". Being 20 years old I did not like that even if he was not serious, which was not clear. Sri Lanka is a beautiful country with excellent fish curry rice bowls. This was long before the very long civil wars that changed the well being of the people. Visit the central mountains because it is cooler and beautiful, and visit the ancient giant Buddhist mountainside carvings, as Buddhism went from there to Southeast Asia including Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. It is small vehicle Buddhism which is quite different than the great vehicle Buddhism of China, Japan, Korea. Watch out for Jewell merchants in Galle, as they will corner you and pressure you to buy precious stones. Excellent video, James. Fair winds and following seas to you.

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