Traveling the lovely little island of Sri Lanka has been WAY more relaxing than we were planning. I was honestly expecting a bunch of chaos and mayhem, but in reality it's such a laid back chilled out country. That being said, the buses and trains were STILL hot and crowded...but yet in the midst of all the people...the Sri Lankans STILL offered US seats...out of all the people on the bus...not sure why but they always seemed to find us. The train and bus stations have been surprisingly organized...and the cost of transportation is ridiculously cheap here...for a 2 hour train ride you're looking at about $.50 cents....i guess that means only one thing...more beer money. :)
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| Not sure how the hek these guys hang on... |
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one of our lovely little local buses :) aka how is this thing still running?
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| Enjoying our first Lion Lager :) |
The beaches have of course been amazing...even with some crazy heat waves and having to watch out for the snake men on the beach. I mean there's nothing better than trying to relax in the sun and opening up your eyes to a freaking ginormous snake in ur face! Ummmmm no thank you?
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| seriously? |
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| Arugam Bay |
We did a Safari in Uda Walawe National Park one afternoon... saw a TON of elephants and a few other animals...but I'm pretty sure my faves were the little babies. :)
One of our excursions was hiking to this place called Ella Rock. We weren't given many directions except to follow the train tracks, take a left and hike up the rock. Oh yeh and to of course watch out for the trains in case they are passing by while we are on the tracks...Perfect. Sounds easy enough, right? Well, turns out we had absolutely no clue where we were going and it wasn't until we ended up in this local man's backyard that he finally decided to lead us on r hike (pretty sure bcuz he was sick of watching us take every wrong turn possible). He didn't speak much English but thank God knew the way...after what was not the easiest hike of our lives and following a local man in a skirt and flip flops, while of course smoking....we made it. Without any leeches...which was also a huge bonus. :)
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| Trekking on the tracks :) ...And praying a train doesn't come... |
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| our "guide" |
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If you like tea, come to Sri Lanka. They are known for their tea and have some pretty exceptional tea factories here....cool story hey? :)
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| Tea plantation :) |
The people of Sri Lanka have been awesome, along with the outstanding curries, and super cool train rides. :) Oh and the Lion Lager beer, sunrises and sunsets of course...
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| sunset over Kandy lake :) |
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