Ratnapura - City of Gems
As we had no itinerary for our last day in Sri Lanka, we decided to visit Ratnapura, the city of gems. However, it was a really bad...
Conquering Adam's Peak
From Nuwara Eliya, we headed to Delhousie, which is our base to climb Adam's Peak. There are 2 main routes to climb Adam's Peak, one from...
From Nuwara Eliya to Mackwoods Labookelle Tea Factory and Ambewela Farms
Visited the Mackwoods Labookelle Tea Factory which had a free guided tour around the factory premises. They also allowed photography...
Freezing cold in Nuwara Eliya
Nuwara Eliya is in the Central Province in Sri Lanka, located at an altitude of 1868 metres above sea level. The weather there is really...
Horton Plains burnt a hole in my pocket
We arrived at Nuwara Eliya yesterday from Arugam Bay! It was another usual crazy bus journey which took us many hours! I have gotten used...
Sunrise at Arugam Bay
We came to Arugam Bay from Haputale which was quite a long ride! How we got from Haputale to Arugam Bay: Bus from Haputale to Wellawaya...
Admiring tea plantations from Lipton's Seat
Woke up early (as usual) and we took the bus outside our Samadhi Guest Inn at about 6.10 a.m. to Bandarawela where we changed a bus to...
Ella Ella eh eh eh
To get to Ella, we took a bus from Badulla and got off right at the main junction at Ella. We had lunch at Ella Jade Green Restaurant...
Observation train from Colombo to Badulla
Took the 0945 observation train from Colombo all the way to Badulla as we heard that the scenery along the train journey is good. And...
Colombo Port
Got to visit the Colombo Port today after obtaining a permit to do so! Had a birds-eye view of the port from the top of the oil tanks....
