Udawalawe to Ella

After a little bit of a lie-in we had a delicious SriLanken style breakfast before packing up Jiggle Bells and hitting the road.
Our first stop of the day was the nearby elephant orphanage, where we arrived just in time for the 10:30 feeding session.

After watching the adorable little elephants have their breakfast for a while it was time for us to start our long drive to Ella. Since we hadn't quite had enough elephant action yet we decided to take a detour and try our luck on the infamous elephant road (notorious for having wild elephants). I am not gonna lie: we where absolutely terrified driving little Jiggle Bells down that road.
After not seeing much for a while we decided to set up Will 's fancy camera on a stick anyway and just as we started recording a massive elephant appeared at the side of the road. Whilst absolutely shitting ourselves and mentally composing our wills, Will managed to drive around the elephant who appeared to be most disinterested in our existence (footage will follow at a later point). Sadly (or probably for the best) this remained the only elephant encounter.

On our way to Ella we drove through the rather ordinary town of Buttala but Will for some reason insisted to take a picture with the sign. 👀

As the landscape got more and more hilly, we came across a café with a stunning view. After the long drive we couldn't resist the urge to treat ourselves to an overpriced yet fairly tasty flat white with a beautiful view. ☕

Just before arriving at our accommodation in Ella, we stumbled across a waterfall that was guarded by monkeys.

After eating curry for over a week we decided it was time for a western style meal, a mistake we shan't we making again too soon. What was supposed to be a spicy chicken burger with crispy bacon turned out to be a tower of green-blueisch buns with the most disgraceful imitation of bacon we have ever seen in our lifes. It was so disturbing that we didn't even bother taking a picture of the "bacon" 🥓.Read more