Page 34 - ALG Issue 1 2019

General
Little England farm showing the terraced plots and how they grow their vegetables, afterwards enjoying a curry we all helped prepare
"An excellent holiday; it gave me the opportunity to visit interesting places that would have been difficult to organise as an independent traveller". Ian Gordon
Yala National Wildlife Park, Family group, shy babies!
Negombo Fishing Market - traditional salt preserving methods, long hours and back breaking work
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Coconuts being carefully lowered at the Calamder Hotel, Unawatuna Beach, Galle, avoiding injury to Hotel guests
We spent 11 days touring Sri Lanka, enjoying the climate, experiencing the growing methods for their crops i.e. vegetable, coconut palm, and seeing how they preserve the fish caught by traditional methods, as well as the friendly hospitality. What an enjoyable time alongside fellow allotmenteers with an expert guide.
Ian Scott and Hilary Jarvest
We hugely enjoyed the tour to Sri Lanka. Our lasting impression is that we have been part of something unique offering a real insight into agricultural practice in Sri Lanka that
would have been difficult to achieve had we been travelling alone or on the regular tourist trail.
Highlights for us were the days spent with farmers both on the coast and up in the hills, seeing how they worked with the different conditions, utilised water and irrigation,
what crops they grew and how they treated the soil. Being able to walk the fields and enjoy the hands-on experience we had in Nuwara Eliya was a real privilege, and the curiosity they had about growing practice in the UK meant there was a real exchange of knowledge at play.
First Ever NAS Holiday Tour