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Royel River Resort Ella

Royel River, Eduru Ella, 83646, Sri Lanka

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My first earth geocache

A travel blog entry by tiggerbird

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... train to Kandy turned out to be fully booked, although our driver didn't choose to share this info with us before ditching us. He merely told us to arrive 30 mins before departure in the morning, as we apparently couldn't book a seat in advance.

Fortunately, being well travelled, we both came to the conclusion tht a short walk up to the train station would resolve the ...

Ella – That Gap

A travel blog entry by zinzan3

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... as the closest thing to an English country village you’ll find in Sri Lanka. While we wouldn’t exactly go that far, it has a pleasant temperate climate and is surrounded by green hills covered with tea plantations. We found accommodation at Rock View Guest House and while the room was good with a pleasant view our first encounter with the "Food and Beverage Manager" would have made Manuel of Fawlty Towers appear highly efficient. ...

Scammers and Hiking in Ella

A travel blog entry by sarahbellecher

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... so I went to bed very hungry.

Next day we decided to do the hike to Ella Rock and took the Lonely Planet along as it had some rather sketchy instructions we would attempt to follow. After a while it became evident that the joker who actually wrote it had never done the trek and had perhaps simply glanced at an ordanace survery map and made up some instructions. The first thing it said was, "head along ...

One 'Ella'v a Day!

A travel blog entry by rob_the_ladd

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... Great day all in all, but bloody knackering!

Highlights:
Climbing Ella rock with a Scandinavian father and son. The father was amazing, he'd travelled Asia in the 70's and had loads of stories!
Swimming in Dunhinda falls. Once again, I was the only one and the locals all thought I was mad.
Catching the train in with the driver, very surreal.

Lowlights:
None ...

Ella

A travel blog entry by jenmcguire1987

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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 delicious btw!) and we had the tastiest roasted peanuts ever! Unfortunately we didn't have seats for the 5 hour journey but we sat at an open door looking at the ...

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