Another interesting city with horrendous
traffic conditions, as we knew almost nothing about Colombo we thought that we
would do a Princess tour to a tea plantation.
It
was a very long drive about 3 hours each way and only about an hour at the
plantation/factory, nothing like what was described on the Princess tour
brochure, it was an interesting drive through the countryside up into the
hills. The factory itself was an
education, it was interesting to see what other countries do about OH&S,
they have none. Workers with bare
feet, sticking their hands into machines while they are running, of course we
were not told about accident rates or the like, but you can just imagine.
We were then able to go into the fields
to watch the girls pick the tea and then we had a cup of tea, but not from the
plantation, I think they had been to the supermarket and bought tea bags,
anyway it did make for an interesting day.
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