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Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
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“Amazing ruins”
5 of 5 stars
sanuk_9
Derbyshire
Nov 21, 2009

This place is huge and the ruins are so amazing and well preserved. It is very atmospheric and the monkeys only add to the ambience though some did look a little fierce ! Look out for the old English...more

“HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE... AVOID!!!!!!!!”

Hotel Sudu Araliya

1 of 5 stars
JPF_82
Colombo
Nov 8, 2009

Stayed in this HORRIBLE Hotel for two nights and it was a nightmare! The rooms were not clean and there were hundreds of little insects.... creeping their way from under the door... Had a time...more

“Excellent Little Hotel”

The Royal Lotus

4 of 5 stars
leekee
Surrey
Oct 19, 2009

We stayed here for one night during our Sri Lanka and to be honest this was one of the best hotels that we stayed at. Although there were only about 6 people staying there it was great. The pool...more

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