Mackwoods Labookellie tea factory is the first tea factory in Sri Lanka which was awarded ISO-9001 certification. It was established in 1841 by British Ship’s Captain William Mackwood who was it’s first Chairman as well. It survived many wars especially World War I and II, kept progressing and now it has over 10,000 employees working on … Read more
The city of Nuwara Eliya is also called ‘Little England’ mainly due to its climate, the average daily temperature stays around 15C throughout the year. British colonists liked this location and it was like a home to them, they used to spend their time here hunting, playing cricket or golf. Perhaps the biggest attraction in … Read more
There is another proper way to go from Colombo to Nuwara Eliya directly but because we had to visit The Birdge on River Kwai’s location we took this road. Although the road becomes bumpy and is broken at different places but those tea estates we saw on our way were treat to eyes and I … Read more
We restarted our journey from Kitulgala towards Nuwara Eliya via many of Sri Lanka’s tea plantations or “Estates”. Zesta is located in one such village called Watawala and these plantations are owned by Watawala Tea Ceylon Ltd. A huge yellow cup is mounted on a pole near the road. The shop itself is in front … Read more
Kitulgala is a small town in the west of Sri Lanka about 100km from Colombo. It is in the wet zone rain forest, which gets two monsoons each year, and is one of the wettest places in the country. The Academy Award-winning “The Bridge on the River Kwai” was filmed on the Kelani River near … Read more