Saturday, February 15, 2020

At the 'Tea Castle', Pathana, Sri Lanka.





A brass water boiler replica - giant size - used to boil water, to prepare tea, in tea boutiques in the 1950s in Ceylon.
Near the entrance to the castle
Entering the castle
An ornamental tea-pot
James Taylor, pioneer planter who opened the first tea estate in Peradeniya, Ceylon
  


 

 

Illustrations of tea marketing in rural Ceylon, 1930
A Tea boutique in Ceylon of 1930  







Wednesday, February 12, 2020


"Tea Castle Hotel' near Devvon falls

Dr. Prabaharan Surgeon, working at New Brunswick, Canada, near the Devon falls

The Devon falls

A better view of Devon falls


Dr, Philip Veerasingam, Mr. Raguseelan, Dr. Prabaharan and Dr. Queenie Veerasingam


Fruit seller





On the road to Thalawakelle