Spent a few days in the hill country of Sri Lanka, we stayed in Ella and we walked up Little Adam's Peak... A short 2hrs trek with beautiful views took us to a green tea factory and a walk through some really nice tea plantations. The best of the tea from here goes into Lipton and Tetley's so it was nice to see the real deal.
After chilling out in Ella (chilling out is right as it was a few degrees less than the coast) we had booked a train to move onto Kandy, the second biggest city in Sri Lanka. We managed to get a seat on an Expo Rail carriage, where we could have a bit more room and free teas and coffees. We wanted to travel comfortably as this is supposed to be on of the best train rides in the world: and it was! The train slowly spirals around the mountain to take gain some height: Ella is 1031mt above sea level and the train passes some village that are over 2000mt above sea. You travel over old bridges (built by the British, of course!) at 20km/h, below you just tea plantations, valleys covered in mists and the odd waterfall. It was a long 6hr ride but the views were breathtaking!
After Kandy we hit Negombo for a couple of days before waving off Sri Lanka. Now onto Malaysia for more adventures!
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