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Daily Financial Times
Daily Financial Times
We decided to explore block 1 of the national park – Photo Credit Photoestetica Shutterstock Deep in the heart of Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park, we come close to nature’s unfathomable diversityBy Mallika Bhagat We had been waiting for 15 minutes, our teeth tightly clenched, heartbeats racing. Just as I was about to close my eyes, to find respite from the peaking sun, my eyes collided with Strawberry. She was shy, almost reticent, but unfazed by the dozens of eyes that were on her. Perched atop a high rock with the sunlight making her skin shine like speckles of stars, she seemed to almost bas…