A TripAdvisor™ TripWow video of a travel blog to Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka by TravelPod blogger Bangkokrandy. See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com Nuwara Eliya 5 “02 April A bit of reflection on yesterday’s encounter with the gardener revealed several things: First of all, I now know why he asked if he could have my jacket when I leave NE. Before I came here, I did some research about this place on the internet and I discovered that it can get cold, wet and windy here. So I asked on the Lonely Planet website whether I should bring my own rain jacket. I was advised not to because rain jackets can be easily bought for a low price at the jacket market in NE. Since most people visiting Sri Lanka only stay in NE for a short time, this advice would have made sense for most people because, since a jacket is not needed anywhere else in Sri Lanka, it would normally be an inconvenience to carry one around the island just to use it in NE for one or two days of a longer trip. So I was advised to just buy a cheap one here – and then give it to a local when I leave. And therein lies the catch: The locals have learned that foreigners are advised to buy jackets here and then give them away to some needy local upon leaving. So locals have taken to “claiming” *********** of foreigners who are seen wearing them around town during their visit. I am an exception to this norm because: I came here – with my own (expensive) jacket – for which I searched half of the world for the …
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