[Trip Report] Sri Lanka

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breathtaking view after reaching the top of the rock

 

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cultural show at Kandy. cannot make it if u ask me. can see that they are not properly trained and simply going through motion for the tourist to see

 

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tooth relic temple

 

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dinner at the hotel in Kandy

western breakfast

 

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visited a wood craving shop as part of city tour (read: compulsory shopping )

 

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Nice photos, waiting for the rest as I am curious about Little Adam's Peak.

 

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Nice photos, waiting for the rest as I am curious about Little Adam's Peak.

little adam's peak is this small hill in Ella. i guess it resembles adam's peak. i saw ur sri lanka motorbike trip from ur website... u went to the actual adam's peak! i wanted to go adam's peak for sunrise too, but my friends are not the adventurous kind, so we stuck to more touristy places

 

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bamboos at Peradeniya botanic garden

 

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lots of bats hanging from the branches

 

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tea factory

 

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monkeys just outside our lunch area

cat staring at me during lunch!

 

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tea plantation

 

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we stayed in the hotel overlooking Ella Gap. this is the view from my room balcony

 

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got up early to catch sunrise, unfortunately, it was too cloudy to see the sun

 

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took a train ride to haputale from ella

 

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suppose to go lipton's seat from there. but raining and too misty, so cant go

 

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Ella waterfall

sri lanka got a lot of cats, especially at dining areas

 

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lunch. their typical meal is rice with various curries. and they can make curry out of anything.. got chicken curry, fish curry, potato curry, jackfruit curry, ladyfinger curry, pineapple curry... u name it, they have it

back at our hotel coz of rain. the view outside is awesome

and we managed to see rainbow after the rain stopped!

 

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trying to catch sunrise again the next morning, but still failed coz too cloudy again. nevertheless, the view is beautiful