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Ella Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ella, Sri Lanka
Leeches Suck
... 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 ...
The tavern
... essa não está catalogada. Mas é algo de violento: “COUNTRY?!”; “NAME?!”; “FIRST TIME IN SRI LANKA?!” “LIKE SRI LANKA?!”. Na sequencia do que este senhor repetidamente questiona, apontando firmemente ...
Visit to Kataragama and day one in Newara Eliya
... . 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 ...
Ella
After Adam's Peak we decided to take the advice of a German couple and headed to Ella for the night - a tiny town in the middle of Hill Country. The train journey there was a culinary delight for us - we finally got our curried pineapple (which was ...
The Cricket Match
by Karl One day I stumbled across a cricket match in Ella. I wouldn't have found it if it hadn’t been for the frantic beating of drums. I kept hearing them around town, so I tracked them down to a small piece of ground by the train station (all the ...
Tea and Rocks!
... a tuk-tuk to take us out to a tea factory nearby, Halpewatte (hal-pe -vatta) in Uva Province, which is the best tea from Sri Lanka. They dry the tea leaves on a huge tray, which blows warm air up from underneath the leaves, which takes about 48 hours. ...
Christmas in a bit of style
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
... 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 ...
Haputale & Ella
... Ella rock, overlooking Ella, little Adam’s peak as well as surrounding country. The meadows resembled Irish landscape a bit. Ella, as a little disappointment, provides a good starting point for few day trips, but as a town lacks the authenticity. ...
Exploring the Hill Country
... ;Little Adam’s Peak’ the views are breath-taking and once again you get to see how beautiful this part of Sri Lanka is. Ella is just a small town and it’s the kind of place which allows you to unwind completely, the people are friendly ...
Ella Ella tutututuuuuut ouhouuuu :)
... sud en bus dans la toute petite ville de ELLA. Sous un superbe soleil accompagné de son ciel bleu, nous sommes arrivé à Ella. Nous avons trouvé un guesthouse "chez l'habitant" pratiquement, car c'est vraiment pas cher du tout et c'est vraiment ...
Ella Rock and Little Adam's Peak
... it so much I have decided to take this train tomorrow to Kandy to arrange accommodation for the Kandy Perahera before heading back to Tangalle in the south of Sri Lanka. It’s a breath of fresh air being in the hills, and is well worth the ...
For a place that gave me a boil on my ass !
... , in a different way, a verdant tropical way as opposed to an agricultural grassy way. There are lots of similarities between Sri Lanka and Ireland where I come from. Both are former British colonies, islands, both gained independence from Britain in the ...
Tea Country
... , we have a nine hour drive ahead of us which on these roads is an absolute killer. We will have to go back to this part of Sri Lanka and see it at it’s best when the weather is better and we will definitely need to re-visti Kandy. We didn’t ...
Trek Through the Hills
... 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 ...
A Breakfast Story
... a good protein boost to support our vegetarian diet. We began our practice of eating curds in Dharamsala and continued it here in Sri Lanka. I always used to think of curds as something made out of cows milk; but it’s actually made from buffalo ...
Umbrella Ella Eh Eh
... without food. We, have discovered Munchee Onion Biscuits , they are really nice and a bit like Snax crisps we had as kids! Sri Lanka has a lot of 1970's stuff - Ginger Beer, Icecream Soda drinks and the lemon puff biscuits ! It had started raining ...
Happy new year
... right in among the tea crops! The view was pretty good, especially compared to our failure up the real Adam's Peak. We could see Ella Rock, the peak we climbed on our last Ella visit and the patch work of tea plantations on the steep hill sides. Fantastic ...
Scammers and Hiking in Ella
... we headed off to the hill country. A long and sweaty 8 hours and 3 buses later we finally reached our destination: Ella! It's a lovely little village with amazing views across the hill country and through "Ella Gap" you can look south to the ...
Ella- The hills are chilly.
... our backpacks again and ran to the end of the train, hoping it would not leave without us, since it was the last connection to Ella for the day. After reaching the oberservation waggon at the end of the train I handed our tickets over to the conductor, he ...
Sep 16, 2011
Lanka, Lanka......
... 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 ...
lovely lil town with a beach
Great lil town lots of guesthouses but most seem pretty empty as well as places to eat, found a lovely lil place with a view of the ocean for 2000 ruppies a nite and even had ...
Ella'va Train Ride!
... didn’t make for more room on the train ride, it certainly made it much more tolerable. At last we arrived at our stop, Ella, the penultimate stop on the journey form Colombo to Badulla. It was a relief to climb off the train and watch pull ...
Dancing In Ella
... failed before Nancy could get any pictures of me in the group. The following day, we were eating dessert at Folly’s Tea Shop in Ella. Our waiter was the proprietor’s son who told us he was a long time student of the tabla and was going to do ...
Sri Lanka - Day 10
... to our new destination. The little hill city of Ella has become a popular stop along the backpacker trail through Sri Lanka. It's main scenic draw is the Ella Gap, but the real reason to visit is to enjoy the laid back vibe and enjoy some great home ...
ella!
... fall near badulla.. had to pay 20 lkr as entry fee just like any srilankan would do. came back and got on train to ella at 12:00 pm! walked upto the hotel ate good vegetable meals! got upper room excellent views of little adams pea and ella rock! ...