Wathsala Inn Hatton

Lever a 6h15 pour voir le lever de soleil, mais j'avais pas du trop comprendre en fait faut etre sur Adam's Peak pour voir le sunrise.... Pas grave au moins j'ai pu voir et prendre en photo le site, chose que je n'ai pu faire la veille a cause des nuages et de la pluie. Bien fait de pas escalader de nuit il a plu toute la nuit et fait tres froid... me suis recouche jusqu'a 7h30 puis suis alle prendre mon petit dejeuner, oeufs au plat et toasts...
Me suis ...

Me suis encore pris une bonne murge hier soir, suis alle manger au restau de mon hotel, sur le toit, apres avoir ete sur internet et grave deux DVD de photos. Sur le chemin du retour il y avait des milliers de fourmis volantes par nuees. Le temps de rentrer dans ma chambre et de resortir, plus une! En fait elles ne vivent qu'une heure apres avoir quitte la fourmiliere! Bref, ai mange un poulet devisla, pas top du tout avec du riz, mais au moins j'ai mange. Ai pris une biere Bison ...

... sauna, herbal tea etc. So I guess some things are cheaper. I went for a walk to the peak of the mountain which is called Little Adam’s Peak’ but unfortunately the view at the top was all blocked by clouds. There were a few good views going up but all misty cloud at the top. Tried to wait for the cloud to clear but all that happened is it started to rain so I got drenched all the way coming down. The plan is to try again in the morning and hope the weather has cleared up by then.

... fans blowing underneath them at a fixed air temperature, with people turning them over, for about 10/20 mins (it’s very precise but I don’t exactly remember the time). Then the leaves are crushed, to start the fermentation process, as the leaves are laid out on long, cool racks for exactly 21 minutes! The leaves are then fired to produce the black/brown tea after further processes that may have to crush the leaves further or remove stems etc. Then ...

... shattered by the time we arrived. Getting through passport control took an age. For some reason the people in front of me in the queue always seem to take over 5 minutes each getting stamped in. I was hanging around for over 20 minutes in the small queue waiting for my turn and I was stamped in with no questions within 30 seconds! Bags collected we walked through into arrivals, withdrew money and stepped outside into the 5am darkness to look for a bus ...

Adam's Peak Adam's Peak (Sri Pada) is Sri Lanka's 5th highest peak in the at 2243m, but it is one of the most celebrated places of pilgrimage. Every religion seems to have their own reasons to worship this mountain: - Buddhist: - there is a depression at the top which is claimed to be the sacred footprint - of Buddha himself. Muslim: - they claim the footprint is that of Adam, who first set foot on earth and had to stand on ...

... park, but we couldn't resist going to the elephant orphanage at Pinnewala around an hour from Kandy. There are around 70 elephants and the youngest is 3 months old. The orphanage was set up in 1975 to look after orphaned and sick elephants and is now the world's largest collection of captive elephants. There is a 3 legged elephant Sama, who stood on a landmine up in the North of the country. Although the elephants are ...

... yep, you guessed it, coffee and pastries. Sat facing the street, the odd Englishman abroad would wander past the front of the café, looking distinctly pale and usually with a lost expression on their face. After a while 2 friendly faces appeared.....Gooner Guy and Evertonian Jeff....also cricket tragics. Catching up over coffee we lamented the injury-hit England squad and mused over the problems afflicting the stadium in ...

Although we're not living on the bearest of minimum, sleeping in flea-ridden, frog infested, roach crawling cupboards with cold showers, a non-working fan and toothless proprietors intent on wringing every rupee out of our combined wallets, our arrival in Kandy was a first. Due to the upcoming Esala Perahera festival (runs for 10 days up until the 28th), it seemed wise to get the room for Kandy reserved before ...

... as possible vaccinated Today is Easter Sunday and I decided to try one of the new local internet cafes in Kegalle; however the PC there would not accept the memory stick that my blog currently lives on so I will continue to be the only reader! Whilst we were in town we did try and find someone local to come out before the New Year but I am beginning to think I will be uploading my entire blog when I get home New year is a huge huge event here and is a public ...