"So, since we last posted we have been spending time in the stunning Sri Lankan countryside, high up in the mountains. We had a great time in Kandy - which is the main city in this ..."
"We headed south east from Kandy to see more of the beautiful hill country in Sri Lanka's interior. We stayed a night in the hill station town of Nuwara Eliya, but unfortunately it ..."
A travel blog entry from Ella by
lizandsteve
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"Birthdays and Christmas The first celebration to arrive during our travels was to be Paul's birthday on 23rd Dec. We didn't want to be in Tangalle on the tsunami anniversary on 26t ..."
"I am here at a quiet, simple guest house in Ella. I arrived with Lotta, Michael, and Jenny by bus from Tangalle. the trip took about 4 hours exactly -- we paid Rps. 150 each which ..."
"It felt very eerie to be the lone person eating breakfast at the Lake Side Inn, indeed I was reliably informed that only 5 tourists had stayed in Tissa overnight. After two d ..."
"I've been in a lovely sleepy little village called Ella for 2 days. The train journey here from Kandy was absolutely amazing. 6hrs travelling through the hill country - the most am ..."
"Onwards and upwards. Ella is just over one-thousand metres above sea level and we have swapped the mangroves and palm trees of the coast for pine forests, tea plantations and cabba ..."
"We had planned 1.5 hours at the embassy - more than enough time to catch the local train to Ella which is located in the hills and is where all the tea we drink in Australia is mad ..."
"We left Unawatuna at 6am to emabark on a 7.5 hour journy involving 2 crazy buses! The second buses we got was an intercity bus (smaller with air con) from Matara. I saw a sign sayi ..."
"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 go ..."
Ella, Sri Lanka
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