Word: dambulla
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...Sigiriya, the extraordinary rock fortress built in the 5th century, and widely hailed as the eighth wonder of the world. The ruined capitals of Anuradhapura, founded in the 4th century B.C., and 900-year-old Polonnaruwa are a shortish drive away, and so are the cave temples at Dambulla, which date from the 1st century B.C. They're so amazing - and so amazingly well preserved - that you could stay in a hut and be happy. But how much better to return, after a hard day communing with history, to a fabulous Ayurvedic massage, a herbal bath infused with petals...
...part by the resumption of internal trade with the Tamil-dominated northern and eastern areas of the country, isolated for years by a government-imposed embargo. Before the peace process began, Wickremesinghe says, "we were a market of 15 million. Now we are a market of 19 million." In Dambulla, a trading town in the center of Sri Lanka, vegetable sellers now do brisk business with Jaffna, the chief city in the Tamil north: these days, large onions and pineapples are sent up north, while trucks carry small red onions, bananas and beetroots south. Cheap agricultural produce from the north...
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