SRILANKA'S NEW DAWN

摘要

In 2004 businessman Malik Fernando bought Castlereagh, a decrepit bungalow in the terraced, emerald hills of Sri Lanka's sprawling tea country. The structure had no roof. "It was in absolute shambles," he recalls. "There were cattle roaming through the whole house."But it had one irresistible asset: "It was what was available," he says, shrugging and welcoming me to the neat, gingerbread-style mansion on a clear, 8oF winter day. That was enough to make it the perfect place for the area's first luxury hotel.