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Brief Garden was the residence of Bevis Bawa.
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Entering the gardens (a fantastic entrance)
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Where I was eaten alive by mosquitoes!
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The house
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The gardens are surrounded by wild plants, including rubber trees (a big Sri Lankan export).
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The house is decorated with all sorts of paintings and sculpture.
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Watercolor painting by another artist who stayed here.
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Mandatory afternoon tea (BOP = broken Orange Pekoe) with lemon bickies!
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What a lovely sitting room
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The wonderfully suggestive Coco de Mer on the coffee table.
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Dan, whose family now owns the Bawa estate, with Dave
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Bawa family portraits, with Bevis in the center
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A gift from Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
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Moon gate
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Mural painting by Donald Friend
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A white tourist taking photos
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