Sri Lanka – HANNAH HODGSON

Daily life: Hill Country, Sri Lanka

Kandy Tea Factory

The Hill Country in Sri Lanka is dotted with many tea plantations. I visited a plantation situated just outside of Kandy. Over 1 million people are employed by tea plantations in Sri Lanka and it provides one of the main financial incomes for the country. The terrain and climate is perfect for this production andContinue reading “Kandy Tea Factory”

Portraits from Sri Lankan hill villages

I spent two days hiking through The Hill Country in Sri Lanka. The landscape was lush with mountainous peaks and the locals were overwhelmingly sociable. It was hard to imagine life in such isolated pockets, so high up into the mountains. At each village and inhabitants I was greated with great excitement, children were fascinated andContinue reading “Portraits from Sri Lankan hill villages”