Sri Lanka’s tea plantations the backdrop to nostalgic stay in Haputale

By thotalagala on Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 in Articles. No Comments

The first time I went to Haputale was to challenge Mrs Queenie Daniel to a game of Scrabble. Mrs Daniel was renowned throughout Sri Lanka’s tea country as a formidable (if not entirely scrupulous) board game player. But when I checked into Hyacinth Cottage, her quaint B&B, Mrs Daniel was off visiting relatives in Kandy. […]


Thotalagala – a 5-star bungalow in the middle of tea country

By thotalagala on Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 in Reviews. No Comments

The staff:  We couldn’t have been met with a warmer welcome than we got from Claire and her team. Waiting for us as our dubiously-driven taxi arrived to deposit us in the middle of the tea plantations, we were ushered inside (our hangers-on, too) and shown through the property. We had our bags swiftly whisked […]