{"id":583,"date":"2010-02-28T01:48:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T17:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdnphoto.com\/blog\/?p=583"},"modified":"2010-02-28T01:48:56","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T17:48:56","slug":"sri-lanka-pearl-of-the-orient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/2010\/02\/28\/sri-lanka-pearl-of-the-orient\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka: Pearl of the Orient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100221_srilanka_travel_buddhism_stupa01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-589\" title=\"Monks circumambulate Ruvaneliseya in Anuradhapure\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100221_srilanka_travel_buddhism_stupa01.jpg\" alt=\"Monks circumambulate Ruvaneliseya in Anuradhapure\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"paragraph\">\n<p>As Sri Lanka emerges from decades of protracted civil war, it is now looking to take it&#8217;s position as a top tourist destination in Asia. I found it absolutely spectacular. Abounding with ancient Buddhist temples, highlands brimming with tea plantations, colorful local festivals, and spotless white sand beaches, there is an almost overwhelming number of adventures to choose from as well as excellent cuisine and friendly, inquisitive locals. It shouldn&#8217;t be too long before travelers rediscover this island paradise. Get there as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100221_srilanka_travel_buddhism_stupa05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100221_srilanka_travel_buddhism_stupa05.jpg\" alt=\"Returning home from a parade in Mirissa\" title=\"Returning home from a parade in Mirissa\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-588\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100221_srilanka_travel_buddhism_stupa04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100221_srilanka_travel_buddhism_stupa04.jpg\" alt=\"Pilgrims cicumambulate Thuparama at sunset\" title=\"Pilgrims cicumambulate Thuparama at sunset\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-587\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100221_srilanka_travel_buddhism_stupa03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100221_srilanka_travel_buddhism_stupa03.jpg\" alt=\"Tangalle&#039;s beautiful, untouched beaches strech for miles\" title=\"Tangalle&#039;s beautiful, untouched beaches strech for miles\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-586\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100221_srilanka_travel_buddhism_stupa02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100221_srilanka_travel_buddhism_stupa02.jpg\" alt=\"A child gazes out of the train at the pass highlands scenery\" title=\"A child gazes out of the train at the pass highlands scenery\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-585\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Sri Lanka emerges from decades of protracted civil war, it is now looking to take it&#8217;s position as a top tourist destination in Asia. I found it absolutely spectacular. Abounding with ancient Buddhist temples, highlands brimming with tea plantations, colorful local festivals, and spotless white sand beaches, there is an almost overwhelming number of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[27,36,57,337,368,390,406],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel_category","tag-anuradhapure","tag-beach","tag-buddhism","tag-ruvaneliseya","tag-sri-lanka","tag-temple","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}