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Train ride to Sri Lanka - an experience which we do not want to miss. For us, overcharged safety standards Central Europeans, the train ride was a little adventure. Here protects only common sense against accidents. And whosoever shall fall with the door open at full speed also is your own fault - refreshingly simple! But now the train ride itself. Our train a drove. Quick, we secured seats and shortly afterwards it was finally happening. After a short time I was with the camcorder and camera on the door and filmed and photographed all they were worth. The train bumping along with a maximum of 50km / h through the not-so-new track bed and the fantastic scenery of the highlands of Sri Lanka scurried past us.
Nach der Erfahrung des Aufstiegs auf den "großen" Adams´s Peak vor ein paar Tagen, erklommen wir nun den Little Adams Peak. Dies war ein vergleichsweise leichtes Unterfangen. Im Nu erreichten wir die erste Spitze der kleinen Bergkette. Es bot sich ein toller Ausblick. Wir hangelten uns auch noch zu beiden weiteren Gipfeln und wurden auch hier mit super Aussichten belohnt.
Achtung Tipp! : In den Bergen wurden wir auf eine kleine Werbetafel vom "98 Acres Resort" (siehe Foto). Wir beschlossen dort kurz einzukehren. Das beworbene Bier erwies sich als das Beste, welches wir während unseres gesamten Aufenthaltes auf Sri Lanka angboten bekamen - frisch gezapft und einfach lecker!
01 Colombo Airport - Pinnawela - Dambulla
Day 1 Colombo Airport - Pinnawela - Dambulla
From the airport over Pinnawela to the "Cultural Triangle"
We went from the Colombo Airport to Pinnawela directly. Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage was the only stop on this day our round trip. For the next three nights we stayed in the town Dambulla in the Hotel "Nice Place".
02 Dambulla - Polonnaruwa - Sigiriya - Dambulla
Day 2 Dambulla - Polonnaruwa - Sigiriya - Dambulla
On the way in the "Cultural Triangle": From the second oldest kings's town to the Sigiriya-Rock
03 Dambulla - Anuradhapura - Mihintale - Aukana - Dambulla
Day 3 Dambulla - Anuradhapura - Mihintale - Aukana
04 Dambulla - Matale - Kandy
Day 4 Dambulla - Matale - Kandy
05 Kandy - Gampola - Ramboda Falls
Day 5 Kandy - Gampola - Ramboda Falls
06 Ramboda Falls - Horton Plains - Nuwara Eliya - Ramboda Falls
Day 6 Ramboda Falls - Horton Plains - Nuwara Eliya
07 Ramboda Falls - Hatton/Dikoya - Dalhousie
Day 7 Ramboda Falls - Hatton/Dikoya - Dalhousie
08 Dalhousie - by train Nanu Oya - Badulla - Ella
Day 8 by train from Nanu Oya to Badulla - Ella
Fascinated and tired - we slept after climbing Adam's Peak at night most of the trip to Nanu Oya. But then the train to Badulla let us be wide awake again. By car we drove to our accommodation "Mount Heaven" on the outskirts of Ella.