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Sri Lanka: days 7-9

In the early hours of the morning, a mini bus clattered up the bumpy road leading to our house to pick us up to go for our first weekend away. And given that, in the end, it turned out to be my only weekend travelling in Sri Lanka, it didn't disappoint.

After a few hours drive up through beautiful mountains we stopped to do white water rafting, which although I was terrified about doing turned out to be absolutely awesome, and highly amusing due to lots of screaming and falling all over the boat. After a quick change and some lunch, we continued our journey through the mountains until we reached the coldest point in Sri Lanka, at a mere 13 degrees. It was here we went to St Claire's tea center, where they pick and produce the tea. We then continued our journey to our hotel, where ate and waited around to find that there wasn't enough room for all of us, so we ended up moving to a particularly cold hotel where I used blankets and duvets for the first time in Sri Lanka!




The next morning we were up particularly early again, as we were going on a hike to 'Worlds End.' Through severe delays, a fallen tree blocking the road and miserable weather we made it and were lucky enough to still get fantastic views at the top. After the walk, which I think was about 7 miles, we started another long bus journey to Yala, most famously home to Yala National Park.


The sunday was another main highlight of the trip for me: the safari around Yala National Park. We were woken early (again!) as at sunrise there is more chance of seeing more animals. Although we didn't see much, amongst what we did see were lots of monkeys, an elephant, wilderbeast and crocodiles. Half way through the safari we stopped for a break on the National Park beach, which is protected by the Park so is virtually untouched and was stunning. After our safari and beach visit we stopped at a hotel for lunch and to use the hotels pool, so we managed to get some sunbathing and relaxing in, before heading back to Ambalangoda. 












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