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From an island miles from Arabia

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nochefschoice Mon 19-Aug-24 06:03:56

Hey so this is my first post here, so thought I'd introduce myself.

So I'm from an island (where is a secret) and we have a whole ton of spices and a variety of veges that we use in our cuisine here.

It's called an island, but you can't see one end to the other, and it could take pretty much about 9-10 hours to go from one end to another (by vehicle). - And they call this an island.

Since we're an island, we're surrounded by sea and therefore some of our cuisine includes fish. But interior of this country the land slopes away into cooler mountain country where some of the best tea is grown and exported around the world.

And being a green farmland country means crops and herds, so our cuisine also includes meats, spices, and a variety of vegetables, fruits.

Do feel free to guess where!

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BlueBelle Thu 22-Aug-24 07:12:05

I think we re on a long trip to nowhere someone giggling behind their hands

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Grantanow Wed 21-Aug-24 23:49:18

I don't care.

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NannyPT Wed 21-Aug-24 20:49:05

Zanzibar

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David49 Wed 21-Aug-24 17:53:47

It would be nice to know the answer

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pascal30 Wed 21-Aug-24 17:39:15

but who actually cares...

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Esmay Wed 21-Aug-24 17:19:15

My guess is Sri Lanka .

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fancythat Tue 20-Aug-24 14:02:41

Another first time poster perhaps, never to return?

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Babs03 Tue 20-Aug-24 13:58:02

The new poster does say that she/he is just introducing her/himself, and then describes their homeland saying we are free to guess where it is, but doesn't say there will be an answer.
I'm giving up anyway.
I think is someone from Wigan trying to sound exotic.

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RosiesMaw2 Tue 20-Aug-24 13:51:43

blue14

It's good that Gransnet attracts people from everywhere and it's nice to have 'friends' all over the world.
I like this guessing game BUT we really do need the answer now.
I hope the poster will tell us soon.

Correction
We don’t “really need” anything of the sort.

Or, how about a thread about paint drying.
Somebody was getting bored- perhaps awaiting their GCSE results and thought it might be a larf to tease some old grans.

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JaneJudge Tue 20-Aug-24 13:33:03

I just googled David. I'm not a Sri Lankan terrain expert smile

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David49 Tue 20-Aug-24 13:31:28

JaneJudge

annodomini

If it takes so long to go from one end to another of this 'island', it rules out some of the suggestions here. How long is Sri Lanka?

268 miles

That depends on the roads 268 mls is easy if the roads are reasonable only 30mph average

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blue14 Tue 20-Aug-24 10:16:07

It's good that Gransnet attracts people from everywhere and it's nice to have 'friends' all over the world.
I like this guessing game BUT we really do need the answer now.
I hope the poster will tell us soon.

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JaneJudge Tue 20-Aug-24 10:07:45

Jaffna to Galle by car is 9hr 20 mins

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JaneJudge Tue 20-Aug-24 10:05:19

which rules out Bahrain as it is tiny

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JaneJudge Tue 20-Aug-24 10:04:40

annodomini

If it takes so long to go from one end to another of this 'island', it rules out some of the suggestions here. How long is Sri Lanka?

268 miles

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annodomini Tue 20-Aug-24 10:01:17

If it takes so long to go from one end to another of this 'island', it rules out some of the suggestions here. How long is Sri Lanka?

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David49 Tue 20-Aug-24 09:55:13

Male in the Seychelles they do grow tea and if the roads are very bad it could take 10 hours from end to end

Otherwise one of the small islands in Indonesia.

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JaneJudge Tue 20-Aug-24 09:39:17

or possible Bahrain

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JaneJudge Tue 20-Aug-24 09:38:40

I thought Sri Lanka as Kerala is mountainous isn't it?

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monk08 Tue 20-Aug-24 09:35:22

Cossy

Oh! Where is OP? Grrrr

On an island miles from Arabia 😀

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Cossy Tue 20-Aug-24 09:25:14

Oh! Where is OP? Grrrr

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Rekarie Tue 20-Aug-24 08:20:42

Cook Islands

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David49 Tue 20-Aug-24 08:17:15

Nobody has mentioned Reunion a close neighbour of Mauritus

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BlueBelle Tue 20-Aug-24 07:56:27

Well if it’s a windup Babs we’re all playing 🤣🤣🤣

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Babs03 Tue 20-Aug-24 07:38:51

This must be a wind up 🤔

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