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Photo Friday: Lipton’s Seat, Sri Lanka

Photo Friday: Lipton’s Seat, Sri Lanka

Er … what sweeping views? At the look-out point on the Dambatenne tea plantation, Sir Thomas Lipton used to bring guests for picnics and to survey the sheer sweeping views below. My new friend Thomas Unfortunately, for us much of the 18,000 metre drop down to the valleys below was obscured by cloud on our visit. It cleared up a bit while we were there, but there was always some lingering cloud in the way of the best view of…

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A day trip to Guatapé

A day trip to Guatapé

La Piedra Wow – the view from the top of La Piedra de Peñol, just outside of Guatapé – is just wow. Just as is claimed on the sign on the way up to the ‘rock’, this is probably one of the most beautiful views that I’ve ever seen. . We went to Guatapé to climb La Piedra and to visit the town on a day out from where we were staying in nearby Medellín.  We’d heard good things about the area, but…

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