SHRILANKA

At last I was travelling to my birthplace = Colombo my dream of about 60yrs we left on 3oth August from Bangalore by Srilanka Air & reached Negombo in about 2 hours We were met by a representative of Jet wings tour company & taken to our Hotel by the sea it was a comfortable Hotel & we loved sitting on the beach the best we were taken around Negambo by AC toyota -very comfortable

We did some shopping bread fruits cheese & lo& behold I foundGAL SIYAMBALA'' which i had tasted as a kid in colmbo this made my day -Imagine tasting it after about 60yrs Also had Mabgusteen to hearts content through out out stay in Srilanka-Ceylon as it was known before

Next day we left by road by the same vehicle for Nuwaraeliya -up country as it is called the highest place in SrilankaIt was quite cool surrounded by Tea gardens We were surprised to know that the tea gardens belonged to TATA though the brand name was kept the same & the name of the tea estate We visited one tea estate Labukelee where we were taken around & given the best tea i have ever tasted

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