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    In Search of Rubies and Sprats

    SRI LANKA | Thu, 8 Oct 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [1068]

    After our somewhat cloak-and-dagger glimpse into the tea world, it was time to leave Hill Country and head south, to where it’s truly hot. All that time in the mountains I’d thought it was scorching, but I was actually just lukewarm in comparison ... Read more >

    Tags: culinary travel, food, gem mine, gems, hill country, mining, ratnapura, sri lanka, world nomads, world travel

     

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