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I am a travel lover. Started travelling in my 20s and have traveled to more than 30 countries by now I absolutely find its one thing I love to do. I am combining my passion to engage in a career in tourism and hospitality and I work as a destination guide. My most favourite countries of the world to travel was Vietnam, portugal and ofcourse my home country Sri Lanka. if you are visiting Sri Lanka get in touch with me and you can find best locations to travel in Sri Lanka in my profile. I will give you insider tips.
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Wi-Fi can be limited and not always readily available. An internet connection is essential for traveling around, but it may not always offer the best service in certain parts of the country. Getting a local phone connection would be ideal, with costs ranging from as little as $0.50 to $5.
Wilpattu National Park contains the geographical location of where the first Sinhala person landed on the country's soil. He was called "Prince Vijaya", a prince from a family in India. He landed on the beach at the end of Wilpattu national park with another 700 people in 5th Century BC. He was banished for misconduct in North India and put in a ship and drove them away. Though he was the start of Sinhalese race in Sri Lanka there were indegenous people living on the island before his arrival. Vijaya married an indegeneous woman and many stories follows.