Lavender House, Pussellawa

If you are going to stay in a former manager's house on a tea plantation, expect to gain some altitude. The final couple of hundred metres had Rathna apply all his driving skills (and faith in the protective power of Buddha) to get us up the goat track which brought us to this little shangri la.

After gathering in the drawing room, we were given a traditional cup of coffee (?) for refreshments.  Wandered down to the infinty pool via the croquet lawn and through the lanscaped garden. All lush and in places overgrown. Then we came back for a traditional five o'clock drink.

Dinner was served in the dining room and we were all on our best behaviour.  Eva only dropped her serviette once. And at fifty dollars a bottle, we were not going to go overboard. They were out of Jacobs Creek so we had to settle on a white and red from Nederberg,  our usual tipple of choice when in South Africa.

No! The images are not from their website. And yes! We did actually stay here. Just wait until the slide night.