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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 97 views
  2. Beyond Chariot path…… 38 views
  3. Memories of the Tragic Plane Crash Ever Happened In Sri Lanka 34 views
  4. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 27 views
  5. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 23 views
  6. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 22 views
  7. Trekking from Mandaram Nuwara to Piduruthalagala 21 views
  8. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 19 views
  9. ගැරඬි ඇල්ල (Gerandi falls) the extreme hike 16 views
  10. Nuwaragala the castle with a heavenly pond! 16 views

This Week's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 576 views
  2. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 113 views
  3. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 102 views
  4. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 89 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 76 views
  6. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 74 views
  7. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 70 views
  8. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 68 views
  9. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 66 views
  10. Uda Diyaluma Fall Hike 65 views

This Month's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 1,840 views
  2. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 440 views
  3. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 401 views
  4. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 373 views
  5. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 363 views
  6. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 326 views
  7. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 262 views
  8. Knuckles Duwili Eli through Walpolamulla – The Most Wanted trip of the year 260 views
  9. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 238 views
  10. Alagalla mountain hike (1140m) 225 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 35,626 views
  2. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 29,676 views
  3. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 25,077 views
  4. Waterfalls of Colombo District 22,881 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 22,827 views
  6. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 17,560 views
  7. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 16,957 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 16,698 views
  9. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 16,201 views
  10. Rarely visited places in Trincomalee 15,774 views

දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)

This was my ninth visit to sacred foot print and I wanted to do it in combination of two uncommon routes. My plan was to climbing up by Dehenakanda-Mukkuwaththa road and getting down from Udamaliboda-Deraniyagala road. As I have been at these two routes before I could guide my other two companions.

Clash of the Locomotives – Rail Hike Stage 06…

I’ve been on a rail hike rampage from the last September and done so far 5 stages totaling about 114km. I can’t even imagine doing that much along the rail tracks coz it’s really testing your stamina. Having done that much regardless, I wanted to finish off the remaining distances ASAP while the weather is holding nicely, even though a bit too drier for the farmers who’ve not received their quota of rains during Dec/Jan season this time. It’s so much amazing how someone’s misery turns out to be somebody else’s joy.

One day hike to 2nd (Kirigalpoththa) and 3rd (Thotupola) peaks of Sri Lanka

This was the first trip of New Year. We reached Pattipola railway station around 4.30am and Ashan came to accompany us to Karunadasa guest house which is situated in walking distance from the railway station. Following our bed tea we started the journey to Hortain plains National Park by a three-wheeler. Weather was excellent and Piduruthalagala mountain range, Ambewela area, Namunukula, Hakgala mountain were visible one our way.

Short And Sweet visit to Horagolla – Smallest NP in Sri Lanka

After seeing the Niran’s post and referring to some articles in the web I decided to do this visit as it’s just 35 km away from my home. While trying to catch a companion I reminded mighty Tony as he’s working in Gampaha area. But it was unsuccessful as he was very busy with office work.

Pettigala (Pethiyagala) 1500m, giant of Balangoda was conquered!

It was late 2009 and we were returning back from Bambarakanda while the bus stopped at Balangoda I noted a huge rock which looked like Kunudiyaparwataya and wanted to climb it on the very next weekend. This mountain prompted me to make a forum post on Lakdasun for the first time (at that time I had a forum account but hadn’t done any posting). Guess who gave me words of wisdom it was Priyanjan and he gave me all the details I wanted but I never had the opportunity to complete this hike. This year the ongoing mini drought around Rathnapura area prompted me to complete my dream.

Memoirs of Occupied Ceylon and Marooned in a Fishing Village…

There were an endless number of sea gulls crashing like a stone and catching fish and at times floating on the water with the waves like ducks. We got fooled at first they were real ducks. The average speed of the ferry was about 8-10km an hour. It recorded a highest speed of around 20km according to Sheham’s GPS. Time wore on and all of a sudden Nissanka showed us a distant communications tower which was at BG Navy Camp. Without even knowing we had moved from Dutch Bay to Portugal Bay but for me it was the same lagoon or rather the sea. However the water looks more clean and clear than it was close to the mainland. We could clearly see the ocean floor and the depth can’t have been more than 10ft. The water looked a gorgeous emerald green too.

Day hike to Alagalla

So the hike plan begins @ office as usual. I was out of office for 1.5 months on training and the team had planned a trip to Alagalla. People plan the trip and invite us, and finally it is only me & Pasindu who do the hike while the ones who planned it are dropped off which happens most of the time. So what we say to them is, “we will be leaving in this train @ this time, if you are coming, please come on time for the train”

Scenic Rakwana Mountains and Kanneliya Forest

We have been planning for a long weekend by taking Monday 3rd Feb, off – day before National day – but were not sure of our destination. Going through the options we decided on a scenic drive to Deniyaya via Buluthota Pass since we have never taken that route. We also added Lankagama waterfalls and Kanneliya forest to our list, as all these attractions were new to us.

Hunnasgiriya Mountain (1514m) and nearby cascades

You may notice a unique shape mountain at Katugasthota town over it’s bridge and it is the highest mountain of that side. This is more visible from Waththegama town and got our attention in our waterfall hunting along Bambaralla road. After inquiring Waththegama town, got to know it as the Hunnasgiriya Mountain which is situated at Campbell’s Lane forest reserve.

EXCITING ELLA ‘FEB 2014

The number of times that I have travelled in the train “passing” Ella equals to the number of visits to Horton Plains National Park by my-self which is self explanatory for those who know about me and Horton Plains 🙂 Finally the day had come! After several “passing by” trips I decided to head over to Ella on an exploration visit over the long weekend which was laid out alongside the Independence Day of Sri Lanka (4th of Feb) As usual my decision was sudden and only a few days left for me to plan my trip.

Bold & the Beautiful – Rail Hike Stage 05…

Soon we entered a tunnel and it seemed to take forever to get to the other side. It was the world famous Singhamale Tunnel. There were a plenty of workers who got off at a tiny station called Galkanda Watta between Hatton and Kotagala just passing the Singhamale Tunnel, the longest in SL. The view afterwards was simply amazing and it made Ana and me get out of our seats and come to the door pointing our cameras at the surrounding. The early morning rays of the sun kept peering through trees and mountains making patters on the dewy leaves. The mist hung in midair as if hung with an invisible thread. We felt like going through heaven.

Sandatenna the worlds end of Seetha eliya and conquering Piduruthalagala!

It all started after seen an article on Lakdasun shared by Sheham about a worlds end in Seetha eliya. On that article it seemed like the mayor wanted to give the place bit of publicity and attract many visitors too. I wanted to visit it as soon as possible before the place lost its natural beauty thanks to our irresponsible public. Lahiru gave his confirmation few days prior and Amila was on the pending side until the very last moment. On a clear Saturday we got together at Colombo at around 10am(which was a very unusual time for us) and took a bus towards Nuwara eliya. At around 3.30pm we reached our destination where we immediately had lunch and packed some for dinner too. After collecting some more resources we took a bus towards Magasthota and got off at the end of Gregory lake from there we hired a trishaw which took us towards the potato farm where there was a locked gate.

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