Ceylon: Beaten Track

Adam's Peak ancient Anuradhapura asked Badulla Batticaloa beautiful Buddha building built bund carried cave Ceylon cinnamon climbed Colombo Culavamsa dagoba dark deer Devanampiyatissa Dutch elephants eyes Fa-hsien feet foot Galle Gampola gardens gate grass green hand head heard hill holy hundred India island Jaffna jungle Kandy Kandyan King of Kandy King's Kotte Kurunegala lake land light lived looked Maha Mahavamsa Mamalay Mannar Matara Mihintale miles Minneriya morning mountain Negombo night Nuwara Eliya paddy fields palace Parakrama Bahu passed path pilgrims pillars Polonnaruwa Portuguese priests Puttalam railway Raja Sinha Ratnapura Resthouse river road rock round Sardiel says seemed side Sinhalese soldiers spot standing stone stood stretch tank temple Thera thought throne Tissa Tissamaharama took town travellers Trincomalee turned valley Veddahs Vihara village visited walked walls wild