Day 15, 7 October 2013

Our last day in Sri Lanka. We were all having emotions. It was really sad to leave such a beautiful country which has given such fond memories which we will remember for the rest of our lives. The people here, the smiles, the simplicity of their lives really touched us. Anyway the last day was an eventful one for us,this is how it went.

Our first stop was a tea plantation. Sri Lanka is the world 4th largest supplier of tea, so we could not miss the chance of seeing the process the tea is made. Before we got to the tea plantation, we were treated to the most beautiful sceneries. Here are just some of the pictures we took.

Anyone still want to disagree that Sri Lanka is not a beautiful country? We really did not expect to be treated to such beautiful places.

On our way there, we spotted some leaves pluckers.

And we have arrived our destination.

In you go to the tea factory.

The nice lady who explained to us the process. She explained to us in detailed and answered our question very politely.

There are many processes which the tea goes through.It was really interesting as we thought that there would not be so many processes which had the tea leaves had to go through before being packed. We did not even know that there were different grades to tea!

One picture before we leave, look at the background!

Next we headed to the herbal garden where we learnt about the different plants and herbs. We also learnt that different plants could be used to treat many kinds of ailments. These were known as ayurvedic medicines.

There were lots of smelling.The plants or herbs had really nice scent!

Walking around the garden with our guide.

We also had the opportunity to taste some of these medicines which were supposedly good for our body.

How did it taste Jeremy?

Jem Jem like. Jem Jem wants MORE!!

They even produced hair removal cream. The cream did not have any chemical in it.

Hair no more. Apparently the hair would not grow back for another 6 months!

We were then treated to body massage!

Alex was totally enjoying it! His face says it all!

After the massage and feeling refreshed, we walked around more.

Some of the plants we saw.

Alex! No plucking!

After the tour we were then given tea to cool ourselves down.

After all the tours, it was a long journey to Colombo where we had the opportunity to shop for souvenirs.

It was night when we got there

After shopping, it was time to head to the airport.

Mom and dad I'm coming home.

We felt really sad saying goodbye to our tour guide,bus driver and his assistant. They really took care of us. Even Bhante came to the airport to say his goodbyes. Thank you Sri Lanka for all the wonderful memories. Thank you very much.

Day 14, 6 October 2013

Day 14 we went around the town. The weather was cool, it felt like as if we were in a air con room all the time.

Going around

Such a colourful truck

Some of us saw a church so we decided to go in.

The exterior of the church.

The interior of the church.

After walking around the church, we went on walking around town and we saw a mosque.

Exterior of the mosque.

Sri Lanka is indeed a very clean country.But it surprised us that the places of worship were so well maintained. It felt like as if were in a Singapore church or mosque. Even though Buddhism is the main religion in Sri Lanka, the places of worship for the minority are also kept to high standard.

We then took the bus to go around and this is what caught our attention.

A small green colour hut with no other houses around it.

There was this sign. Sam told us that we could have lunch here, everything which was served here had something to do with strawberries. How could we say no to that? That's something we'll not get back in Singapore.

The menu. Everything had to do with straberries!

All of us sitting down thinking what to order.

Yum Yum!

Strawberry pancakes.

Some of the food we had. Even the drink we had was strawberry milkshake.

The strawberries were actually grown behind the hut!

This was probably the most coolest lunch we ever had. We did not plan it at all, but the food there was really very good. We had so much to eat. I'm sure most of us were bloated when we got back on the bus.I really wished I could pack some and bring it back home cause I'm sure no one at home would have ever tasted such great food! Never mind mummy and daddy, you can enjoy the pictures though.