Ella, Sri Lanka Travel Blogs

The beautiful Hill Country
Nov 19, 2003 (2 photos)

We headed south east from Kandy to see more of the beautiful hill country in Sri Lanka's interior. We stayed a night in the hill station town of Nuwara Eliya, but unfortunately it was really rainy so we didn't get to go an any walks. Regardless, the town ...

Ella - Small Village in the Mountains
Mar 24, 2006 (8 photos)

... out of our trousers, socks and fleeces! After 2 nights there we moved on today, still in the mountains, but to a tiny village called Ella...a tad warmer as well as its not as high as Nuwara Eliya was. So far so good, there are some great walks to do in ...

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Nov 27, 2007 (20 photos)

... which I didn't take! Ella is thought to be the closest thing to an English country village found in Sri Lanka.  Whilst there's not much to Ella village itself, it enjoys one of the finest views in Sri Lanka, past the towering bulk of Ella Rock and ...

The Hill Country
Apr 11, 2007 (2 photos)

... photo and then post it home to her. The address reads: The woman's name, The name of the Tea plantation, Ella, Sri Lanka. That's like sending a letter to Kev Taylor, Barrhead, Glasgow, Scotland. Mind you knowing Barrhead that would probably get there. ...

Inland (Hill country) Sri Lankar
Nov 24, 2006 (37 photos)

... say there would not be a civil war today if the British would not have taken these people from India to Sri Lanka. After the tea towns of Ella, Haputale and Nuwara Eliya, we concluded our hill country trip with the city of Kandy.  Within and ...

Ella
Feb 8, 2006 (8 photos)

... when i was moving. it's something about my nature, i guess :) __________ Forest Paradise Guesthouse "Paradise for Honeymooning" (according to the business card :) In The Mids of Dashing Nature Reservation: Ella, Sri Lanka Tel: 057-2228797

Andrew's close encounter with a wild boar...
May 9, 2009 (36 photos)

... were catching up with me and I just needed to sit down! Luckily the driver dropped us off at the train station (highest in Sri Lanka at 1891m) and we had a two hour delay before the train arrived. Good job we had that rest as when& ...

Climbing Higher
Jan 23, 2006 (4 photos)

... , we climbed firstly Little Adam's Peak and the next day Ella Rock, both of which provided us with spectacular views through the Ella gap. We're heading back to Kandy soon, gradually retracing our steps as we work our way closer to the airport for our ...

Sleepy hillside village
Nov 20, 2006 (26 photos)

I've been in a lovely sleepy little village called Ella for 2 days. The train journey here from Kandy was absolutely amazing. 6hrs travelling through the hill country - the most amazing scenery! Ella itself is a tiny place & it was very quiet. It also ...

Ella
Oct 25, 2008 (6 photos)

... I had to pull him towards the center of the carriage because I thought he was going to fall out of the moving train. Sri Lanka continues to be an extremely friendly and welcoming place.  Most people smile and say "hello" as you pass them, and ...

Cool in the hills
Nov 12, 2007 (11 photos)

... would be fine, we headed off for a pleasant days climb.  Nothing much more happened that day sorry . In Ella we were treated to some great Sri Lankan food by our guest house, we had to place our order at about 4 in the afternoon, and weren't ...

Christmas and Birthdays
Feb 6, 2006 (30 photos)

... were walking down the street when who should we bump into yet again but Loucka, such a small world. Geoffrey Dobbs, who founded Adopt Sri Lanka, is team captain of Taprabane Tuskers, one of the teams taking part in the event. Teams from Sri Lanka, Nepal, ...

Feeling old today...
Feb 21, 2006 (3 photos)

... water is warm 24 hours a day so the first thing I did after checking in was take a shower. My first hot shower in Sri Lanka!!! With nothing else planned for the day, I made plans to make a little trek up Mount Pidurutalagala (Piduru) with Nimaal. I met ...

The beautiful Ella (not Tom's sister)
Feb 10, 2009 (27 photos)

Our next stop Ella was more satisfying - a beautiful wee place. Our guesthouse was perched on the side of a stunning valley in full view of Little Adam's Peak, the mini mountain we were going to climb, accompanied by Marley the resident dog, as a warm up ...

Ella
Jan 25, 2006 (5 photos)

... half an hour of picking people up we had closer to 32. With one wee stop in 5.5 hours, migit scale leg room and Sri Lanka's best pot holes it was not a comfortable ride - fun nevertheless! We headed for Ella which is inland and west from Unawatuna in the ...

Nuwara Eliya and Best train in the world!!!
Jan 26, 2006 (20 photos)

... the good thing about that is there are no Mosquitos much to our delight. It was also an oportunity to have our 1st hot shower in 2 weeks! We took some nice walks but only stayed a day before getting on the AMAZING train to Kandy, Sri Lanka's second city!

Visit to Kataragama and day one in Newara Eliya
Feb 21, 2006 (6 photos)

... . I came across a group of young solders that had been on a day-trip to the top of Mount Pidurutalagala (the highest mountain in Lanka). They had gathered by the lake to finish their day-trip and have a bit of a session, some of the guys were playing drums ...

Leeches Suck
Oct 16, 2006 (5 photos)

... was an aussie bbq and the whole building had such an authentic feel to it that you could have forgotten you were in Sri Lanka. There was the obligatory cheesy music and therefore also the equally obligatory cheesy dancing but it was all good. And because ...

Christmas in a bit of style
Dec 24, 2005 (5 photos)

It's only an hour on the train from Haputalke to Ella, so not quite so much of a trauma to stand this time. Ella is even smaller than Haputale, and doesn't seem to have anything going on except tourism, lots oif hotels and restaurants. We booked ...

Hiking towards the stars
Apr 30, 2009

... is a man that puts a bracelet on your wrist and prays over you that most people stop off at. Ella For some reason the train system in Sri Lanka is slower than the buses. We decided to take a train to Ella so we could take some ...

Ella
Mar 21, 2009 (5 photos)

 

Trek Through the Hills
Apr 27, 2007 (7 photos)

... Denise and I took a 5 hour bus ride up to Ella (in the mountains) where we stayed in a place with an incredible view of Ella gap. Apparently on a clear day you can see to the ocean - even though it's probably over 100 kms away. I think Ella is at about ...

Lanka, Lanka......
Oct 21, 2009 (6 photos)

... guy to organize a driver for me when I am here. I heard him out and then he gave me a price and I was very reluctant cause Sri Lanka is so cheap but then I thought of poor old mum at home who is sick with worry about me being here by myself so agreed to ...

Trundling train & Bob Marley again
Dec 2, 2009

... Chocolate Marie biscuits. So we safely arrived at Ella & to a new smart guset house called Zion House with a fantastic view of Ella Gap down to the Southern plians. Zion became apparent when there was a big picture of Bob & a dog called Marley. I ...

watch out for the tigers..
Feb 26, 2008

... bars shut early so the ministers or officials can party till the sunrises (keeping me awake with the music). But that is Sri Lanka at its best, short term gain over long term investment.. if something had happen during that conference, that would have ...

Sri Lanka
Aug 27, 2004

... for a good price after I was telling him to go by train. This is also a good opportunity to visit Horton Plains N.P. Sri Lanka's second-and third-highest mountains-Kirigalpotta (2395m) and Totapola (2395m) are part of this park. The plains are a beautiful ...

Ella
Jul 11, 2009

... tea plantations and up to "Little Adam's Peak". A really pleasant short walk. Good views over the hills and across to our next conquest Ella Rock. The next morning we got up early-ish in order to go up Ella Rock before it got too hot. Our driver decided he ...

Rickety train through the tea plantations
Sep 19, 2009

... , get to Kandy, so we partnered up and took a number of bus rides before reaching the second biggest city in Sri Lanka. Throughout the bus journeys we were confronted with inquisitive smiles and gestures from so many locals. Countless times we were asked ...

Does your heart go booooooooom
Jan 11, 2008 (17 photos)

... . Wildlife fantastic -- Tracey youd love it! Birds and butterflies, lizards and mongooses...mongeese -- whatever and the flora is astonishing. Sri Lanka is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet and it shows. Peace and hairgrease. 

train to ella and quiet town
Jul 21, 2009 (14 photos)

... platform to catch the train from Colombo. We were two of the four seats allocated from Kandy in the observation carriage to Ella (750rs - the only way to get reserved seats). This meant all the seats were sitting backwards looking out the back of the ...