Scrambling the Unknown

I hopped on to another scenic ride to Ella. But it’s an afternoon ride this time and I know what to expect judging from the type crowds. These people were all trying to get that shot of you holding onto the train door and have your mates taking picture of you from a few windows away creating an iconic portrait telling the world that you are an adventurous soul in the middle of nowhere. I didnt want to jump on to that trend bc how scared i was bumping my head to the tunnel wall or the railway poles considering how often they appear.

Arriving to my hostel was such a delightful experience, greeted by an amazing host and stunning view of Ella’s rock. And i meet my soon to be travel buddies for the upcoming week, Laura and Henry. A chaotic duo I knew the time I saw them they’re gonna be fun. We went to grab beers and hop on to a few bars right that evening and met another fellow Brits, another Henry (which I’m gonna refer to Henry B, for blonde) and Joe. The night went a little alright until we were down to two pool game at the bar before the fFrench started to beat our ass.

Before I know it, it was only me and Henry left and we met a few South American who bought us more shots of tequila and got us free ticket to a club right next door. But I had to knock off soon since I promise Laura to hike Ella’s rock in the morning.

After two hours of sleep, Laura woke me up at 4:30AM for the hike and we hopped on a tuktuk to get us to the start of the hike. The Henries told us there is no way we could make it to the top unless if we start walking at 3AM bc they went to the same hike the day before. We met an old man on our way up to the rock and he said he’s going to the top too. At this point I was 75% sure he’s gonna ask us for money. And I told Laura about it and she immediately tell the old man about it but the old man kept going. And I was right, after reaching the first checkpoint, the old man asked us for money and we told them we weren’t gonna pay because we had no money. I wasn’t lying because I literally only had money left to pay for the entrance ticket to the viewpoints. He looked disappointed but me and Laura just kept going.

I didn’t know Laura is such a slow climber, I had to stop every minutes to wait for her. I mean, I’m not mad, we’re gonna miss the sunrise anyway so consider it lucky that we have each other. All and all, we reached the viewpoint with a stunning view of the hills. We even had a debate about beers with the Dutches at the top and me yapping about what to have for breakfast driving a few Italians next to us crazy bc they said I’m gonna ruin their diet.

Laura and the Henries left that day while I continue for some other side quests I needed to do. Seeing the Nine Arch Bridge and climbing the Little Adam’s peak. But the weather was shit for another hike so I only managed to get to Nine Arches Bridge.

I met two other Brit besties that night and we decided to go out and we also met more Brits that were coming from Kandy who told us about a horror story of a Polish guy trying to homocide an entire hostel and the cops didnt show up for 4 hours since one of them made a call to the authorities.

We continued the night to a pool bar, yes another pool game and it didnt turn out quite well. As most of us are rookie, it took us two hours to finish it. Thankfully we didn’t have anyone waiting for us.もっと詳しく