Mahaweli Reach

... as a data collector, she enlisted six women to work with her on a small soya food processing enterprise. Unfortunately, the Mahaweli staff member who agreed to support their initiative was transferred, leaving the women on their own in a rather harsh ...

... , and the Muslims and Chetties acted as the middlemen. From Kottiyar (Trincomalee) to Kandy there was a land route following the Mahaweli. Muslims had pack oxen and caravans and travelled this rout. The resting places on this route became the nucleus of ...

... , the tarmac peters out and we meet an ox cart coming the other way. We take a very rough track to a big river, the Mahaweli Ganga (I think). Sampath attracts the attention of workers on the other side and a boat comes across. It is half full of sand and ...

... gardens were properly formed in 1821 by the English and nurtured ever since.  Occupying a long stretch of peninsula with the Mahaweli (Sri Lanka’s chief river) flowing on 2 sides, the gardens occupy 147 acres, with over 4,000 plant species. ...

17 Feb - After breakfast leave for Kandy, a city set amidst an artificial lake and lies at an altitude of 488.6 meters (1629 feet above sea level) in the centre of the island and surrounded by the mountains. Stop at an exotic spice garden at Matale, then ...

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