Chasing Tall Tales and Mystics: Ibn Battuta in Sri Lanka by Ameena Hussein (Shortlisted for the Gratiaen Prize) cookery The photo journal consists of

The photo journal consists of over 200 wildlife and nature photographs with action shots of wildlife and a spectacular visually pleasing journey into Sri Lanka’s unique wilderness from the highest region in the country towards the coastline

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down to Dewinuwara with its magnificent temple hosting dancing girls and Brahmin priests and onwards to Colombo - already a formidable maritime presence

Chasing Tall Tales and Mystics: Ibn Battuta in Sri Lanka by Ameena Hussein (Shortlisted for the Gratiaen Prize) cookery The photo journal consists of(Shortlisted for the Gratiaen Prize) The fabled Moroccan scholar Ibn Battuta is reputed to have travelled further through the medieval world than any other explorer, including Marco Polo. When Ameena Hussein sees a grimy street sign in Puttalam bearing his name, it precipitates a quest of her own, tracking Ibn Battuta's possible trajectory in Lanka or Sarandib as he knew it. From the pearl rich not western coast, through Sri Pada known as the Mount of