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Little to see in Toy Town
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... more hoppers, more kottu at the Muslim hotel and chilled out in a town that is super hot during the day and pours with rain every night!!
Good news!! My visa was ready earlier than expected!! Once it was collected, we caught a bus to Negombo, sorry, we caught the rally bus to Negombo, a beach town near the airport on the east coast of Sri Lanka. We were happy we made it in one piece!!
Next stop Negombo.
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Kandy Adventure, as much as you can fit in 1 day!!
... Next stop tea plantations, the ride there was scenic and sooo wonderful I will never forget. The tea plantations were green rolling hills with some rice paddies in the distance, very peaceful, calm, refreshing type scenery. A few school kids came running over to us after Davitha had finished explaining how the tea leaves are picked, the kids yelled "Hello!!" excitedly handing us tea leave tips picked off nearby plants, Davitha said something to them in ...
Making plans
... and despite the rain I really enjoyed whiling away the time drinking tea and eating chocolate cake :).
Labookellie is owned by the famous (although I've never heard of it?) Mackwoods. The best thing about the factory tour is that it's free and so is the tea you can sit and drink afterwards, so yeah paying a mere 60 Rupees for the chocolate cake is totally worth it.
I bought some tea (of course!) and then we went back to ...
Elephants!
... team and each of the team members parents. We met tons of great people. enjoyed another delicious meal and thoroughly enjoyed the abundance of free wine!
We spent the following day in Colombo, lazing at the pool, fixing up our tans and we did venture into the city at one point to get Liz's prescription glasses fixed. That night we said goodbye to the Gomes family and thanked them for their amazing generosity.
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Nuwara Eliya
... We learnt about how tea forms its different strengths in relation to how long it grows and how the quality is related to the leaf. We saw the vats of tea leaves inside the factory and were informed that for every 10kilos of leaves only 2kilos is usable after the moisture has been extracted. We saw the machines that dry, roll and sift the tea to make it ready for drinking. It was very interesting and great to look across the plantations and to drink cups of free tea ...
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