Even before that! I had my second breakfast at Slightly Chilled hotel, a shower; we took a photo to remember of the fabulous four; and we move forward. NALLATHANNIYA is the heart of the hill country and is emerged in the lively green of the tea plantations. Today yes, it a nice sunny morning and we can see it in all is plenitude.
The landscape is beautiful but the best was to see the tea pickers gathering leaves into their baskets. This adds some movement to the scenario, and a few more photos. Sri Lanka’s finest teas are produced mainly from bushes that grow above 4,000 feet. The bushes grow more slowly in the cooler, mistier climate, and are harder to harvest because of the steep angle of the slopes on which they are planted.
We droved for hours and we reach Colombo for a quick look before landing in the perfect Galle Face Regency Hotel. From a quit and serene country we moved in to a strident Colombo with lots of pollution and bottleneck traffic. Colombo is Sri Lanka’s largest city; home to around a million people is also one of the busiest ports in the South Asia.
Colombo’s tourist attractions include old churches, temples, the old parliament, Independence Building and the National Museum, The Galle Face Green is once a seaside race course, now an open-air ground where locals flock for strolls in the evenings.
Wile walking outside the Galle Face walk and celebrating the end to another perfect day, I realize that this where in fact my last moments in Sri Lanka, and soon I have to say goodbye to this beautiful country and to the persons I’ve meet. I tried to forget this sad anticipation and focus myself on the warm Asian wind coming from the sea. At the same time my camera follow in to a group of persons tasting the water, who knows, maybe for the first time in their lives. I couldn’t avoid in capturing the moment.
Marco Polo dubbed Sri Lanka the finest island in the world, the prove is that visitors continue to be seduced by the heavy warm air, the endless rich green foliage, the luxuriant swirls of he Sinhalese alphabet, the multicolor Buddhist flags, and the variety of saris, fruits and spices on sale in the markets.
But also great are the people. Sri Lankans are well known for hospitality in all over the world. They are always smiling and friendly, talkative and chairing. Since they are very tribe base hence they love their mother land and their language and they just make us feel good.
I love it all, but…honestly? …nothing can be compared with the first rays of the morning Sun with pilgrims at the summit of Adam’s Peak.
In a word “Ayubowan” (may you live long).
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