Wood burner in hotel

Tea for Two

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January 15th 2015
Today we have a 3 hour drive to our penultimate hotel. This part of Sri Lanka produces one of their largest exports, tea. On the drive we pass through tea plantations and see tea pluckers at work. These are local workers that spend their day collecting tea leaves and bringing their load of 20kg leaves to the factory for processing. We stop on route at a tea processing factory for a guide tour. Tim ... read more

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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