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STUDENT LIFE:
Each student lives as a family member with a Sinhala Buddhist middleclass host family in Kandy. ISLE students describe the relationship with their families as one of the most important learning experiences of the program It lays the foundation for an in-depth understanding of Sri Lankan culture. In addition to providing meals, families encourage language learning and include the students in their religious and social activities. They make it possible for students to become actively involved in many aspects of Sri Lankan daily life. Frequent visits by relatives and friends add further diversity to students' family life experiences. |  |
 | Almost all of the host families are situated in the hills of Dangolla, the quiet residential neighborhood in which the ISLE Program Study Center is located. Dangolla is contiguous to the sprawling University of Peradeniya campus. Most students live within a 5-15 minute walk of the study center (where many of ISLE's classes are conducted) and within a 30-45 minute walk to the University of Peradeniya Faculty of Arts library and athletic facilities (including gymnasium, swimming pool, tennis courts, track, cricket, rugby, and soccer fields). Some of ISLE's courses are taught in the Faculty of Arts complex. |
| The justly famous Royal Botanical Garden in Peradeniya is also within walking distance of almost all homestay family residences. It is a peaceful and relaxing space amidst the jostle and hectic context of public life in Sri Lanka. |
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| Depending on traffic patterns at different times of the day, the city of Kandy is a 10-30 minute bus ride (or "3 wheeler taxi") away from Dangolla Kandy is the cultural, educational, business, and shopping center of upcountry Sri Lanka. E-mail is available either in Kandy or m a shopping area near Dangolla that can be reached on foot in 20-30 minutes or by bus or "3 wheeler taxi" in 5 minutes or less. Daily needs can he purchased at road side "kades" throughout Dangolla, or in a nearby shopping complex. |