Day 24- A day of hikes

Another day another early start.

Today was a day of some serious hiking. The first hike was up Mini Adams Peak for sunrise. This is a beautiful viewing point 1141m in height. The sunrise was as beautiful as always and to be honest I am being so spoilt with all these lovely views.

The next hike was Ella’s rock which is a considerably more strenuous 16km round trip hike taking us about 2 hours to get to the top and another 2 to get down.

To start the trek we had to walk along a live railway... apparently this is normal in Sri Lanka...

The hike was hard... so hard. I wanted to give up at multiple points however I am glad I didn’t. The views from the top were incredible.

I also was surprised to find a stand at the top selling fresh

juices made with a portable blender. I went for a delicious mango.

After we made it back down from the top some pool time was seriously needed!

In the afternoon we took a much shorter and more manageable walk to the Nine Arch Bridge. The construction on this bridge ended in 1921. It is 80ft high and 300ft long. It is pretty stunning.

To finish off the day something happened that I didn’t think would! It turns out one of my best friends Sophie managed to be in the same city at the same time! It was so nice to see someone from home and have a few beverages (the reason this post is late).

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