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With Ranjit Hulugalle and what was left of our Cannonball Tree (Couroupita guianensis ) after the tornado<\/span><\/p>\n Too often we appreciate people who give of their time and energy for the betterment of Sri Lanka but we don\u2019t go the extra yard of publicizing their contribution as widely as we are able. The picture that is at the top of this month\u2019s newsletter is an attempt to make amends in that regard by acknowledging the contribution that Ranjit Hulugalle is making in the matter of defending a Sri Lanka that is under serious threat of major environmental degradation. Thank you, Ranjit, for your \u201cno punches pulled\u201d defence of what is our national heritage!<\/span><\/p>\n The rains continue and despite the rampant soft-weed growth, we will continue to live up to our promise of not complaining about the weather after the years of terrible drought that we have experienced around\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For November, as in past months, we\u2019ll continue our<\/span> \u25a0 Rated as Best Home Stay in Sri Lanka<\/span> here. If anything could make ordinary citizens into those derisively referred to as \u201ctree-huggers,\u201d the global\u2013warming we\u2019ve experienced over recent times would do the trick! We have begun harvesting our very small vanilla crop and the first installment yielded a fraction of last year\u2019s as was to be expected, given the fact that we had about 1\/3 the blossoms we did in 2018. Not much one can do when Mother Nature decides to act up! The unfortunate part is that selling prices remain at last year\u2019s levels!<\/span><\/p>\n Entry to HPH at night<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n While we have previously included photographs of HPH itself, we haven\u2019t reproduced any that were taken after nightfall such as the one on the left, taken by Arlene\u2019s son, Shehan, who paints for a living and, typical of someone with an eye for beauty, takes excellent photographs as well. The enhancement of the humble walking sticks on the right hand side of this page is an example of the application of anotherMadawela\u2019s talents. <\/span><\/p>\n This time the ornamentation is by Shehan\u2019s (artist) wife. Tell us what you think of their efforts. Arlene\u2019s taken a long-overdue break \u201cdown south\u201d by the sea but has returned to HPH onlyto contract the grandmother of colds!<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cShort\u201d Selvarajah, by virtue of his becoming quite the expert on vanilla cultivation and maintenance, is in the process of setting down a new vanilla plot on coconut land in Kurunegala in the North- Western Province. The trulystrange \u201cfact is stranger than fiction\u201d part of this narrative is that the land that he is planting once belonged to yours truly prior Druvinka, Arlene\u2019s daughter, has, during her current visit to Sri Lanka from her eyrie in the Himalayan foothills , lifted the collective spirits of those domiciled in and around HPH with the assistance of her younger son, Drona. Appropriate to an artist such as she is, the access to her home is via a footpath meandering about 2 kms up a steep hillside near the last town of any consequence on the way to Ladakh in the Himalayas. While Druvi is planning on anexhibition of her work at 706 Gallery in Colombo, Drona is pursuing his interest in the rap music industry as the probable route to a livelihood.<\/span> Website: https:\/\/www.halgollaplantationhome.com<\/span> With Ranjit Hulugalle and what was left of our Cannonball Tree (Couroupita guianensis ) after the tornado HALGOLLA PLANTATION HOME – the unique sri lankan experience \u2013 november 2019 Too often we appreciate people who give of their time and energy for the betterment of Sri Lanka but we don\u2019t go the extra yard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[8730,9174],"class_list":{"0":"post-39572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-halgolla-plantation","9":"tag-north-western-province","10":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"\nHALGOLLA PLANTATION HOME – the unique sri lankan experience \u2013<\/span>
\nnovember 2019<\/span><\/h1>\n
\n\u201cSurprise Basket of HPH goodies,\u201d which appears to delight our guests as they take their leave of us!<\/span>
\nAcknowledgements of HPH\u2019s Excellence<\/span>
\n\u25a0 Certificate of Excellence from Trip Adviso<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\u25a0 Recommended by Bradt Travel Guide for Sri Lanka<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Entry-to-HPH-at-night.jpg\")
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\nto the government of Sri Lanka taking it over in the 1970s!<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nNeedless to add, <\/span>yours truly is \u201call <\/span>at sea\u201d with newfangled <\/span>endeavours such as this, though I think I <\/span>can distinguish \u201crap\u201d from other forms of <\/span>popular music!
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\nWell, it\u2019s time to bid our <\/span>readers adieu again with the <\/span>perennial request \u2013 PLEASE <\/span>let us know what you\u2019d like to <\/span>see in our monthly newsletter.
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\nAnd don\u2019t hesitate to let us <\/span>know if it bores you to tears, <\/span>either!<\/span>
\nMuch affection<\/span>
\nArlene & Emil<\/span><\/p>\n![\"HALGOLLA\"](\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/HALGOLLA.jpg\")
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\nEmail: emil@halgollaplantationhome.com<\/span>
\nMob. +94 76 975 2176, +94 77 347 0702<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"