Haputale, Sri Lanka

... there would not be a civil war today if the British would not have taken these people from India to Sri Lanka. After the tea towns of Ella, Haputale and Nuwara Eliya, we concluded our hill country trip with the city of Kandy.  Within and around ...

... the hills get more and more spectacular. The train ride from Kany to Ella is reportedly one of the top 10 in the world. Haputale is a small town/large village with not a great deal going for it except it's location, whihc is more than enough. It is ...

We were all ready at 7.30am to leave Bandarawela to catch a public bus to Haputale.  We stocked up on supplies for our 6hr hike into the mountains.   Our leader was shouting us lunch so we made a quick detour to the bakery and bought some ...

... brown eyes... We waved goodbye and continued onto our lunchtime rest stop at a guest house overlooking the highest waterfall in Sri Lanka - the Bambarakanda Falls - over 700 feet tall.   A few of us decided to walk down to the bottom and ...