Yours Consciously Sneha

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  • Fairyland: Ella!

    Fairyland: Ella!

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    While the journey to Ella was just so more than beautiful, I was pretty sure this piece of land would be even more beautiful and I was not too surprised. Stayed in a budget hotel and later hiked with another Austrian friend I met for about 7 Kms to Ravana Waterfalls. On the way to the falls, all we could see is valleys and rivers flowing by, green mountains standing up and cheering while we were walking.

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    Little Adam’s Peak is in Ella and was about 5 Kms walk from where we stayed, the next day morning we went walking up the hill and stopped over a place for a cup of tea and this was the view from there.

    Also, read TRAIN LULLABY!

     

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    Australian friend whom I had met in Kandy joined us too, while we continued to walk through the tea plantations, I still remember an old lady passing by smiles and say Hello! This is one nice thing that I have to mention about people in Sri Lanka, from a young tuk-tuk driver to an old lady who is plucking tea leaves will all have a smile on their face and would not forget to greet you! On my way from Kandy to Ella, I spent most of the journey with a family who was continuously feeding me food all the time 🙂

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    While we started hiking up, we were mesmerized by the view that we saw everywhere. Clear skies, triangle-shaped hills, lake and waterfalls that was somewhere at a distance. Those clouds moving from one corner to other like they were passing letters from one hill to other. Those few hours I was living in a fairyland.

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    Noise of the waves woke me up like an alarm

    little I knew waves would be opening its arm!

    I came here in search of something

    you made me realize I had all in me that I was looking!

    You have been knit by green wool

    looking at your beauty my eyes were full!

    Mist was kissing the trees

    trees were dancing with the chill breeze!

    You made me experience Mother Nature’s lullaby

    fell asleep on your lap like a baby!

    Only in dreams have seen a fairyland

    you are much more than a dream to see you this grand!

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    PS: Thanks to a friend for lending his camera to click this beautiful island!

    Blooming…

    Wild Flower

  • Rock & Roll: SIGIRIYA & KANDY!

    Rock & Roll: SIGIRIYA & KANDY!

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    Sigiriya also called as Lion Rock is one of the world heritage sites. There was a palace earlier on this rock and underneath. It has about 1500 steps as told by one of the locals and took about 2 hours to cover the whole place. On the way when you climb up, you get to see some amazing paintings. Also, the paw of the lion which is on the next phase while climbing up read that head of the lion was collapsed a few years ago.

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    This is how palace was placed on top of the rock!

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    Palace underneath the rock!

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    View from the top of the rock of the pathway leading to climbing up the rock!

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    While climbing up the rock, wherever you stop to take some breath you get to see trees laid like a bed all around which are surrounded by hills and few lakes. It looks like this island is immersed in a green knitted woolen blanket by spreading the warmth to the eyes.

    While I was browsing through Airbnb, found these Capsule sleepers that caught my eye. I had decided that I will stay here when I am in Kandy; Kandy is one of the largest cities in Sri Lanka. There were only 2 reasons for me to stay here, 1 was to stay in Capsule Sleeper and the other one was to take the train from Kandy to Ella. Even though it is one of the largest cities, every shop here shuts by 6:30. It turned out to be one of the beautiful nights I have spent so far. That night met these amazing Australians who were strangers then but more than best buddies now who surprised me with the Snickers as a birthday cake.

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    Here is how these capsule sleeper’s looks like, it has a light, charging point and a small fan. These sleepers are placed on the roof top with this incredible view of the whole city, looks even more amazing in the night when the lights are on, I tried to click the pictures but couldn’t give justice to my eyesight.

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    As mentioned earlier, I love antique pieces and this fan looked really different which had bulbs instead of wings.

    Blooming…

    Wild Flower