Windsor Nuwara Eliya

... br><br>We made our way to Little World&#8217;s End and then walked on to World&#8217;s End itself, where the cloud shrouded part of SL&#8217;s big peaks (across from our rock face) and the intervening lush valley, far below and between us. Thankfully, it soon started to clear and within half an hour the gods had answered my prayers! The furthest views were amazing, seen from a lush, rocky escarpment that dropped dramatically away. Tow Japanese gents, fearful of ...

... it definitely doesn't beat the tastings I had at the tequila factory in Mexico or the rum factory in Cuba!! Nearby the tea factory was Lover's Leap Waterfall...no explanation needed. The following day I went to Horton Plains National Park, about 1 and 1/2 hours south of Nuwara Eliya. This area lies in the middle of Sri Lanka's 2nd and 3rd highest mountains ...

... were basically the only people in the park for the first hour or so and took loads of photos. We walked as quickly as possible to get to the main view point, Worlds End, before the cloud descended and managed to get about 30 seconds view of the 800m drop before the clouds obscurred it. Once we had rested for about half an hour at the Worlds End viewpoint we decided to slowly make our way round the rest of the walk. It seemed that half of Kandy had decided ...

... and south-east Asia, and we hanged around together for the next couple of days. At night we were chatting over a few beers and telling Karl our drunk Indian driver story from Pushkar, when Priyantha - our driver and guide - showed up totally ******, what a coincidence! During the rest of the journey, Priyantha occasionally joined us for drinks at night and we talked a lot about Sri Lanka and all sorts of things. In Kandy we visited the Royal Botanical Gardens ...

... Horton Plains and World's End Horton Plains National Park is situated half way between Nuwara Eliya and Haputale in the hill country. We stayed in Nuwara Eliya which is a good hours drive away on a very steep windy potholed road which made me feel quite sick first thing in the morning. We set off at 6 to get walking just after 7 because the view from World's End tends to mist over at about 10. The altitude is ...

... out and assist you (or not). By the end of the three nights I was ready to leave as he had really freaked me out on the last night... 'Madam' 'oooh Madam'... aaarrrggghhh!!!!! Anyway, Kandy was really nice. Very pretty scenary and lots to do, so we took our Tuk Tuk driver (Sunil) up on his offer of a days tour, which turned into two days, in which we saw the main sites, tea and spice plantations, the elephant ...

I got to the stadium very early, almost two hours before the start of play which commences at 10.30am local time. Not only could I nab the best seats in the Army enclosure, but I was able to watch the players bat in the net, and go through varied fielding drills at very close quarters. Historically, cricket players are not known for their intensity during practice (compared to other sports) but the tanned ...

... for my train, I witnessed some pretty ridiculous railway station renovations; basically there was a big concrete block at the end of one of the platforms they were trying to remove, so they had the bright idea of hooking up a locomotive to it with a rusty chain and trying to rip it out. I stood behind a concrete pillar and watched, and to everyone's surprise but my own the chain snapped, sending the links flying in all directions. No major ...

... the next morning as the locals were lending us tables and we had brought plastic sheeting to cover them in. After a quick drive up and down the village reminding everyone that the clinic was still on we went back to the hotel for cold showers, cold beers and an early night The next morning I awoke early and after drinking tea outside my room and talking to the hotel owner about his dog (and asking him to bring her to the clinic!) The group of 12 from the ...

... once my jet lag had cleared on Monday I decided to take a walk down to the temple to see what dogs were still there (having been told that the monks now appeared to have even more puppies) Once I reached the temple gate I could see a collection of dogs seeking shelter under a tree in the centre of the courtyard, suddenly one of the dogs jumped up and ran to the gate wagging her tail and jumping up to me. I was delighted to recognize her as one of the original 4 ...