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Day 12 - Kandy to Nuwara Eliya

9th March 2025

Central Province

  

Rafting & Tea



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View of Kandy as we headed into the hill country...



Kandy view


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Shrine

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Toque Macaque enjoying the flowers...

Monkey

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Rafting at Kitulgala...

Rafts

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Dead snake on the road...

Snake

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Miche and oar


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PB and oar


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For those about to raft, I salute you...

Group

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To the rafts...

To the water

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Rafting 1

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Not the wildest of white water rafting; Miche is convinced that the small ones get pinged out first when it gets rough...

Rafting 2

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Rafting 3

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Rafting 8


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Rafting 5


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Miche in the back of the truck to get back to base...

Back of the truck

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Rafting 6


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Bridge over the River Kwai was filmed on this stretch of river...

Bridge over the River Kwai

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Ferry


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Banana flower...

Tree


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Bridge

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Miche bridge


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The starter motor in the bus had broken, so we had to push it for a jump start (the driver's assistant had to take an all day bus to go to Colombo and back to get a new one)...

Bus

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Falls 1

 
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Falls 2

 
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St Clair's tea house and Tuktuk...

Tea

 
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In tea country, so let the tea drinking commence...

Tea 2

 
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Brassy hotel reception in Nuwara Eliya...

Hotel
 
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Days 1 & 2 - London to Dubai Day 3 - Dubai Burj Khalifa & Palm Jumeirah Day 4 - to Sri Lanka - Covanro
Day 5 - Covanro Day 6 - Dambulla & Sigiriya Day 7 - Sigiriya Rock & Elephants
Day 8 - Grithale & Bike Ride Day 9 - Polonnaruwa & Kandy Spice Day 10 - Kandy - Temple of the Tooth
Day 11 - Kandy - Town & Lake Day 12 - Kitulgala Rafting & Nuwara Eliya Day 13 - Nuwara Eliya
Day 14 - Ella Day 15 - Kataragama & Yala NP Day 16 - Udawalawe Elephants & Ahangama
Day 17 - Ahangama Dolphins & Mangroves Day 18 - Galle Day 19 - to Home