tea on wheels

tracks that once brought the tea from the hills to the capital for port. these windy, picturesque train-set-like tracks are still in use...but they carry people (resembling sardines) rather than tea packs.

Withering Heights - Vanillas in the Mist [Part II of III]

June 21st 2010
the drive to the tea estate manager's office I found manageable. my pineapple floated happily on its sea of stomach acids. so, with an internal sigh of relief, when we reached the office, i got out of the van, thinking we'd walk around all his acres and acres nestled into the hillside. rock squirrels would frolick at our feet. birds would chirp. the sun would magically break through the clouds. ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Uva Province » Bandarawela

The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa... ... read more

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