I-Sri Lanka, eyaziwa ngokuthi "i-Ceylon" ezikhathini zasendulo, yaziwa ngokuthi i-Indian Ocean futhi iyisiqhingi esihle kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Umzimba oyinhloko wezwe yisiqhingi esisekhoneni eliseningizimu yoLwandlekazi i-Indian, esimise okwe-teardrop evela e-South Asian subcontinent. UNkulunkulu wamnika konke ngaphandle kweqhwa. Akanazo izinkathi ezine zonyaka, futhi izinga lokushisa elingaguquki lingu-28°C unyaka wonke, njengesimo sakhe esimnene, uhlale ekumoyizela. Itiye elimnyama licutshungulwe ngabakwaumshini wetiye omnyama, amagugu aheha amehlo, izindlovu eziphilayo nezithandekayo, kanye namanzi aluhlaza yizinto zokuqala abantu abazibonayo ngaye.

Ngenxa yokuthi iSri Lanka yayibizwa ngokuthi iCeylon ezikhathini zasendulo, itiye layo elimnyama lathola leli gama. Sekungamakhulu eminyaka itiye laseSri Lanka litshalwa ngaphandle kwezibulala-zinambuzane kanye nomanyolo wamakhemikhali, futhi laziwa ngokuthi “itiye elimnyama elihlanzekile kunawo wonke emhlabeni”. Njengamanje, iSri Lanka ingowesithathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni othumela itiye kwamanye amazwe. Isimo sezulu esishisayo kanye nenhlabathi evundile kudala indawo enhle kakhulu ekhulayo yetiye. Isitimela sidabula izintaba nezintaba, sidlula engadini yetiye, iphunga letiye linephunga elimnandi, futhi amaqabunga aluhlaza kuzo zonke izintaba namagquma aluhlaza ayahambisana. Waziwa njengomunye wezitimela ezinhle kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abalimi betiye baseSri Lankan bebelokhu bephikelela ekukhani kuphela “amaqabunga amabili nehlumela elilodwa” ngesandla, ukuze kugcinwe ingxenye yetiye enephunga elimnandi, noma ngabe ibekwe endaweni evamile.isethi yetiye, kungenza abantu bazizwe behlukile.

Ngo-1867, iSri Lanka yaba nensimu yayo yokuqala yetiye yokuhweba, isebenzisa izinhlobonhlobo zeimishini yokuvuna itiye, futhi kuze kube manje. Ngo-2009, iSri Lanka yaklonyeliswa ngendondo yokuqala yomhlaba ye-ISO Tea Technology Award futhi yaqanjwa ngokuthi “Itiye Elihlanzeke Kunawo Wonke Emhlabeni” ekuhlolweni kwezibulala-zinambuzane nezinsalela ezingabonakali. Nokho, isiqhingi esake saba bubuhle sibhekene nenkinga yezomnotho embi kakhulu. Siza futhi uphuze inkomishi yetiye laseCeylon. Akukho okungasiza iSri Lanka kangcono!