Aptly named as the City of Gems, Ratnapura is indeed the place to be if you are in the mood to witness some gem mining. Book Sri Lanka holidays with Country Feeling Holidays offer a myriad of Sri Lanka tour packages that will easily accommodate one of these fascinating journeys. Deep into the earth one must delve in order to find these rare and precious jewels that are more than just pleasing to the eyes. Glittery and colourful, these gems most of which are endemic to Sri Lanka gleam with an internal fire that is unlike anything that has even been seen before. The gem pits are usually filled with water and one sees a multitude of workmen slaving away inside these dark holes with the hope of finding that tiny aprkle of hope in the form of a precious jewel of which the sheen is yet to be discovered after many a cutting and polishing ritual. The walls of thse gem pits are broken away and the soil is washed off and sifted in a manual process which would turn out to be a memorable one for many.
Jayani Senanayake is a writer who dabbles in travel and all things exotic. Under the pseudonym of Calliope Sage, she writes of the allures that must simply be discovered. Google+
