I have so much to catch up on before I leave Sri Lanka in a month or so…tear, sniff. Let’s see what we can recap in that time.
In December, my family came to visit and we had a great time. It was fun for them to visit a place like Sri Lanka, and other than the not-always-so-great food and the traffic, they did well going with the flow. My favorite part of our trip was tea country.
Why Tea is Good for You
My sister, Rohan, and I were lucky enough to stumble upon some tea pickers wrapping up the end of their long day in the tea plantations. Most of the Indian Origin Tamils in the tea estates are very poor and make little money. Their working and living conditions are not good.
None of them spoke much Sinhala or English so we became friends with the few words of Tamil I know: Wanakam! Nandri! Hello! Thank you! They seemed to get a kick out of our interest in them.
Still smiling after a long day in the fields.
Weighing a hard days work to send to the factory.
I think the Hatton area is even more beautiful than Nuwara Eliya and would definitely recommend it. We stayed at the Mandira Craig Appin Bungalow in Dick Oya, and while the service and food need some work, the bungalow itself is lovely.
Beautiful hills dotted with color
On our same walk we also stumbled upon boys being boys at the Dick Oya Hindu Temple.
Notice the conch shell they were practicing with.
If you come to Sri Lanka, please, please go to tea country.
Adventures in Serendipity 
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