Ella

After the quietness of Ohiya, arriving in Ella was kind of a cultural shock - techno music, english speaking Sri Lankans and a ton of tourists greeted us as soon as we left the train. Ella itself is quite small and consists mainly of bars, restaurants and souvenir/clothing stores. We booked a wonderful guesthouse with a lovely room and a big shared balcony which we excessively used for reading and escaping the bustle of the streets below. Apart from eating and drinking (and reading in our case), there are some waterfalls, an arched train bridge and some caves nearby - lazy us did none of it 😂 (as said in a previous post: way too many waterfalls in asia!). What we did, however, was a short excursion to the little Adams peak which can be reached by foot from Ella. Even though the path is well maintained (mostly), the view was superb!! So even though we did not really participate in the nightlife of Ella, and were initially shocked by the ‚westerness‘ of the place, we found that we did like to have the western infrastructure again and overall, it was a good place to have some days of doing nothing. Watch the last video to see one of the many crazy dogs which are apparently very very angry at all motorised vehicles 🤷🏻‍♀️Read more