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Here we go

This being more or less a diary of our wanderings, working back from most recent to most distant. Hence, below, the finale to our recent travels in Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lankan bus
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Oh yes. Another travelling day today. Couldn’t get any kind of sense out of Google, which seems somehow to be oblivious to the fact that the massive storms of a couple of months...
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V looking out from Ella Rock, Sri Lanka
Phew! But what a view
Definitely our most gruelling day so far, climbing up Ella Rock. The guides said it’s not for the faint hearted, and they weren’t kidding. It didn’t help that, as...
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Dunhinda Falls, Badulla, Sri Lanka
A day of stops and starts
Funny old day.  On Eugenia’s recommendation, we decided to go to Dunhinda Falls. It sounded like the timing would be a bit tight – just one train there and one back and...
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Nine Arches Bridge, Nr Ella, Sri Lanka
Ella means waterfall
Who knew. And so much for that. Got to Ella late afternoon yesterday after a four hour coach ride along featureless motorways through featureless jungle followed by a long, grinding,...
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Ella downpour, Sri Lanka
To the top 'o the world
Not much to say about today. We caught the bus to Ella. That’s about it. So, two weeks in, a few impressions of Sri Lanka… First and foremost, Sri Lankan people are lovely....
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Virle on a train, Sri Lanka
What a palava
Bit of a fiasco day today.  All we had to do was get to Makumbura – the transit hub whence we have a bus booked to take us to Ella on the morrer. Started out heading up the coast...
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