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Hotel Alta Vista Ella

Ella Wellawaya Road Ella, 37444, Sri Lanka

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My first earth geocache

A travel blog entry by tiggerbird

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... br> - Rice and curry for dinner (again!), with almost 10 local dishes... oh and a rat ran under the table so not sure if that featured in the ingredients?
- Curd for breakfast - tasted like yoghurt; probably is yoghurt.
- Phill braved Sri Lanka style brekkie: hoppers, stringers and sambal, although probably down to peer pressure ;)!

The observation carriage ...

Camping again - DeJa Vu

A travel blog entry by wickens

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... the other 2 relaxed and played lego in the failing light. By the time we got back we had to don our headtorches and cagouls, make sure we had enough bedding for everyone, store our bags away from more potential rain, then we sat down to a welcome bowl of spaghetti Bolognese and a couple of strong gin and tonics. At least we weren’t cooking as well like we were in Australia.

The night was better than expected. Thankfully it did ...

Ella – That Gap

A travel blog entry by zinzan3

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... people just continued getting on and stood for the entire journey! Travel guides are extensively researched and sold for large amounts of money. Our guide stated there were no direct buses to Ella, but you could take a bus to Bandarawela, then from there take a bus to Ella, what it doesn't say is the first bus actually goes through Ella and all you need to do is ask the conductor to let you off. Too late, we took the roundabout route.

Ella ...

Scammers and Hiking in Ella

A travel blog entry by sarahbellecher

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... guy met us off the bus and took us up to his guesthouse Rawana. It was nice enough and we were too tired to look around so we took a room and crashed out. Dinner was an extravaganza of food! Dom went for the Sri Lankan curry like he always does and this one had rice, poppadoms and then 6 other dishes which covered the whole table. I was feeling under the weather so opted for the western option of fish with steamed veg which ...

One 'Ella'v a Day!

A travel blog entry by rob_the_ladd

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Ella was great, although obviously made purely for the tourism. The place I stayed was really nice, had everything I needed, including cable tv for me to watch the final round of the Open.

The real attraction was the surrounding sights though. I managed to do a 5 hour hike up Ella Rock in the morning, swim in a waterfall in the afternoon and then catch a train ride home in with ...