Damp and bracingly cool this place doesn't fit your image of Sri Lanka the lush island nation-formerly known as ceylon-that hangs like a teardrop off the tip of southern India.

既有点潮湿，又有点令人心旷神怡的清凉。虽然这个地方并不符合你想象中斯里兰卡的形象，但这个郁郁葱葱的岛国——原来以锡兰闻名——就像一颗泪珠挂在印度南端一样。

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The first inhabitants probably arrived in the archipelago from Sri Lanka and southern India before 500 BC.

第一批居民大概是在公元前500年之前从斯里兰卡以及印度南部到达这一群岛的。

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The Maldives is located in the Indian Ocean, about 500km from the southern tips of both Sri Lanka and India. It is the ideal exotic tropical island paradise.

马尔代夫位于斯里兰卡和印度南端500公里以外的印度洋中，她是您理想的、充满异国情调的热带岛屿天堂。

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Slender lorises are small, nocturnal primates found only in the tropical forests of southern India and Sri Lanka.

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In addition to both northern and southern India, delicacies from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are handy, as are restaurants catering to halal diets and vegetarians.

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