Ella to Nuwara Eliya

Unfortunately today was our first full non-stop rainy day.
We enjoyed another nice (and different) SriLanken breakfast and packed our bags.
It was already hammering it down with rain at this point.
Our first stop was a very modern looking Buddhist monastery that had only been built around 10 years ago. We then continued to a Buddhist ancient rock temple which was a bit of a let down to be honest. Done with our cultural experiences for the day, we began the looooong journey to Nuwara Eliya.

This was also the first time, we came across some of the damage the recent cyclone has caused. Luckily the roads were open again, but we saw countless landslides, landslips and rockfalls everywhere. Thanks to the rain there wasn't much of a view so my main source of entertainment was the free structural analysis of the surrounding areas that was produced by my favourite Geologist. MANY pictures were taken. 🪨

When we finally made it to Nuwara Eliya (also called little England, and very appropriately it was cold ~15 degrees and still raining) we went for a little walk into town and, like any good Englishman would, sought shelter in the first pub we saw. We ordered two pints, one of which was so terrible that we couldn't finish it. Having had enough disappointments for one day, we decided to swim back to our accommodation and spend the remaining afternoon & evening making some travel arrangements.Read more