Hikkaduwa
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Hikkaduwa, in south-west of Sri Lanka, is a large coastal area with eleven different villages over 6.5 km on the Indian Ocean, and 3 km inland, in the Galle District.
Beach view in Hikkaduwa
Hikkaduwa beach
Big Buddha, rail accident memorial (2004 tsunami)
Arthur C. Clarke
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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.
Hikkaduwa
…Ryan Reynolds, American actor (Deadpool, Free Guy) stated in 2023 that “Hikkaduwa is his favourite movie shooting location of all time”. Sir Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction writer, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey owned and operated a diving station in Hikkaduwa. Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera, buddhist monk…
Clarke in 1965
Clarke receives the Marconi International Fellowship Award from Prince Claus of the Netherlands in 1982.
Clarke at his home in Sri Lanka, 2005
Clarke's novella "The Road to the Sea" was originally published in Two Complete Science-Adventure Books in 1951 as "Seeker of the Sphinx".