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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

  • TRAIN LULLABY!

    TRAIN LULLABY!

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    View from the train from Colombo to Palugaswewa (Galkadawala)!

    Also, read Soul Search: Galkadawala

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    Railway Station in Kandy, first time for me to see a railway station where there is an end or should I say beginning! 🙂

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    I have always loved Train Journeys, there is something really special of those metal boxes which are linked to each other and run on small tires on a metal track. That noise of the engine is not annoying to me, the movements while sitting in the train is like a lullaby. I was very impressed with the railways in Srilanka; the links from one town to other is pretty good and I traveled only in 2nd Class trains. All over Srilanka I mostly traveled in train: From Negombo to Colombo, Colombo to Palugaswewa (Galkadawala) and Kandy to Ella. All these train journeys have been incredible and the best train journeys I have been in so far. All you could get to see is trees, banana plantations, fields, lakes, lagoons, rivers and yes I saw a Crocodile too!

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    Kandy to Ella or Ella to Kandy is supposed to be one of the best train journeys in the world. I now pledge that it is the best train journeys I have been in so far, it is like I have been in a fairyland. Train literally passing through the clouds, rivers flowing with mostly Pinus trees around, tea plantations, waterfalls, fields, moving through more than 50 tunnels, lush green on whichever side you turn around.

    Also, read Fairyland: Ella!

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    The trees were all in love cuddling with each other, my camera was feeling shy by clicking their pictures; my hair was getting curled up even more with the cold breeze. The mist was kissing the trees, trees were dancing with the chill breeze, trains tichik tichik noise was like a background music, audience like me were all happy and grinning with this mind-blowing performance by nature. While drizzles were dripping on my face, I had goosebumps in my brain wondering how nature can be so beautiful!

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    This 6 hours journey, 6 hours of my time, my lifetime is gonna be bookmarked forever.

    Blooming…

    Wild Flower