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VISITING THE CINNAMON ISLAND IN SRI LANKA | Sri Lanka

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VISITING THE CINNAMON ISLAND IN SRI LANKA | Sri Lanka
VISITING THE CINNAMON ISLAND IN SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka is a blessed island – an irresisteble heaven on earth embraced by the Indian Ocean!

With a spectacular untouched tropical surroundings throughout the island, this nation actually makes you are feeling like strolling in an “Amazonian”- like nature and typically it has all the things; lovely seashores, tropical forests, excessive mountains, wild elephants, sea turtles, dolphins, whales and naturally leopards!

The spectacular heartland presents lifetime experiences too, with the tea and cinnamon plantations to be essentially the most premium ones!

 

I’ve not too long ago visited Sri Lanka in the course of the TBC Asia; the largest Journey Blogger Convention which is hosted in Asia by Cinnamon Accommodations – as one of many 60 most influential Journey Bloggers on the earth – so I had this distinctive alternative to discover extra about this nation!

 

I used to be chosen to discover the southern a part of the island, so I received to get pleasure from a tremendous safari in Madu Ganga River, with Cinnamon island to raise this expertise to an entire completely different stage. Sri Lanka is well-known for the manufacturing of Cinnamon – the well-known, genuine Ceylon Cinnamon – which is produced completely within the nation, so I used to be really within the coronary heart of the Ceylon Cinnamon manufacturing. For a Cinnamon Lover like myself, that was not a easy go to.

** You may watch extra about this lifetime journey on my INSTAGRAM, below the SRI LANKA Spotlight.

 

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Virtually 90% of the most effective cinnamon worldwide is produced in Sri Lanka!

Ceylon Cinnamon is without doubt one of the most historical and well-known spices and had all the time been used for its lovely style in addition to its therapeutic properties. It’s additionally a wonderful supply of Manganum, a particular spice with enormous anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial impact which is cherished by thousands and thousands of individuals on the earth – and I’m considered one of them too!-

 

So, it was very attention-grabbing for me to get to know the making technique of the genuine cinnamon by the native farmers who deal with their harvests simply because they understand how helpful this spice is. 

Truly, cinnamon is a skinny layer within the inside a part of the bark of a tree which is barely planted in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has actually the exclusiveness of cinnamon.

 

I watched step-by-step the method of eradicating the bark from the tree trunk in addition to the scraping course of which eliminated the surface half till there was solely a 0,5 millimetre pores and skin. The method went on with the bark which was lower in stripes. These stripes are dried with a view to lastly create the cinnamon sticks.

I believe there isn’t a want to say the superb smells throughout this course of. I’m an enormous cinnamon fan so this “ritual” was dreamy!

 


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Our hostess additionally confirmed how they make rope out of the coconut fruit in addition to the knitting of leaves for the development of roofs. As you think about, this expertise was not solely distinctive but in addition confirmed to me the makeover of merchandise which I get pleasure from of their last type and think about them as granted in my day by day life.

 

It was a easy but superb ritual! If you happen to occur to be in Sri Lanka – and particularly on the southern facet – don’t have second ideas of visiting the Cinnamon Island! Assembly with the locals and attending to know their habits, are two of my favourite issues in each journey I do and I certainly suggest you to try this too.


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Translation: Adriana Argyropoulou

Maria Kalymnou


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