15th December 2008 (Monday)
Zesta Tea Cup Stop. The Best Butter Cakes in the entire stretch.
In dire need for cash today! Totally strapped after paying our dues to the management of the Blue Magpie. Don’t get me wrong, they did give a discount.
The drive to Kalawana then to Ratnapura takes 2hours after discounting pot hole stops if you value your vehicle shocks and bushes of all nature and specially if they are not company owned and no one gives two hoots about who pays for the damages.
Ratnapura is busy and noisy and over populated on a Monday morning. All Museums are closed due to the fact they stayed open the previous day for may be a few dozen people. Banks are packed with other desperate souls and from the haunted look on the faces with the hungry and medicated looking kids hanging on their arms, it's apparent all waited valiantly out side till the bank doors were opened.
We change tracks, fill up gas tanks and head off to Nuwara Eliya and beyond!
Nanu Oya Train Station. The train at the platform pulls an observation coach.
The drive to Kalawana then to Ratnapura takes 2hours after discounting pot hole stops if you value your vehicle shocks and bushes of all nature and specially if they are not company owned and no one gives two hoots about who pays for the damages.
Ratnapura is busy and noisy and over populated on a Monday morning. All Museums are closed due to the fact they stayed open the previous day for may be a few dozen people. Banks are packed with other desperate souls and from the haunted look on the faces with the hungry and medicated looking kids hanging on their arms, it's apparent all waited valiantly out side till the bank doors were opened.
We change tracks, fill up gas tanks and head off to Nuwara Eliya and beyond!
Nanu Oya Train Station. The train at the platform pulls an observation coach.
We got two rooms at the Glen Fall Inn Resort. Ravi, the steward is a helpful chap always running around and trying to make everyone feel comfortable. This is a wonderful place if you come with a crowd as they do not really mind people cramping in their rooms. 
The Glen Fall Inn also does a small out door restaurant theme under canopies next to the land of Central Finance Vehicle Sales Centre during December and April. Food is of a very extreme nature: the price as low as it gets for the amount dished on a plate.
The next stop is warm jackets. The shopping stop is the Bazaar in town opposite Hill's the Supermarket. As there are over 15 small traders the competition is stiff and the prices are remarkably volatile. One can get the latest Eddie Bauer, GoreTex, Columbia or StJohn's Bay for less than $30. Some would have a stitching mistake or a button missing on a lapel but generally these are of supreme quality and I can vouch for the durability personally.
The day is spent relaxing for the boys. One of whom had never been to Nuwara Eliya. rooms at Glen Fall Offers a 15inch TV with Digital TV with 50 channels and most of the time is spent channel surfing rather than actually watching the programs. The beds are luxurious, with picturesque bed spreads and comfortable pillows. Wall to wall carpeting and lovely oil paintings on the walls.
Dinner is from the famous De Silva's Food Court in town. Fried rice for some and snack food for others. Also, there's absolutely nothing to eat in any of the shops after 9pm.
The day is spent relaxing for the boys. One of whom had never been to Nuwara Eliya. rooms at Glen Fall Offers a 15inch TV with Digital TV with 50 channels and most of the time is spent channel surfing rather than actually watching the programs. The beds are luxurious, with picturesque bed spreads and comfortable pillows. Wall to wall carpeting and lovely oil paintings on the walls.
Dinner is from the famous De Silva's Food Court in town. Fried rice for some and snack food for others. Also, there's absolutely nothing to eat in any of the shops after 9pm.
Orchids - Hortain Plains
Water Hole near Pattipola Rail Station, the highest train station in Sri Lanka.
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