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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 90 views
  2. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 42 views
  3. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 40 views
  4. Beyond Chariot path…… 24 views
  5. Memories of the Tragic Plane Crash Ever Happened In Sri Lanka 24 views
  6. Knuckles Duwili Eli through Walpolamulla – The Most Wanted trip of the year 20 views
  7. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 19 views
  8. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 17 views
  9. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 16 views
  10. Hike to Hunnasgiriya Mountain (1514 m) and near by Attractions 16 views

This Week's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 542 views
  2. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 155 views
  3. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 87 views
  4. Memories of the Tragic Plane Crash Ever Happened In Sri Lanka 86 views
  5. Trekking from Mandaram Nuwara to Piduruthalagala 84 views
  6. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 83 views
  7. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 75 views
  8. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 73 views
  9. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 72 views
  10. Beyond Chariot path…… 69 views

This Month's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 1,868 views
  2. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 435 views
  3. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 409 views
  4. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 409 views
  5. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 349 views
  6. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 307 views
  7. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 263 views
  8. Knuckles Duwili Eli through Walpolamulla – The Most Wanted trip of the year 262 views
  9. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 243 views
  10. Alagalla mountain hike (1140m) 241 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 35,747 views
  2. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 29,678 views
  3. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 25,096 views
  4. Waterfalls of Colombo District 22,894 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 22,841 views
  6. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 17,567 views
  7. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 16,962 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 16,709 views
  9. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 16,217 views
  10. Rarely visited places in Trincomalee 15,777 views

Trekking from Thangappuwa to Kalugala with Alugal Lena camping

This is part of my dream trip and part of Harinda’s dream. On my way to Kehelpothdoruwegala climbing I heard about a foot pathway from Kalugala to Meemure. Harinda has noted a foot pathway from Alugal Lena to Meemure in his Alugal Lena trip. We wanted to combine these two trails and do it in two days with camping at Alugal Lena.

Under the Microscope – Viyangala…

The surrounding countryside looked parched and many Mana patches had been torched by people for some reason beyond me. So it was a mixture of dark green patches of trees scattered across the sun bleached yellowish hills. The ravines below showed signs of life with houses and plots of paddy fields. The charred areas where Mana was burnt added to the already vivid painting. In no time we reached the “Padi Seeya” (100 steps) where there is a steep downhill path through the tea bushes. Already there was a person coming up and a lady holding a baby girl closely behind him tackling the steep ascent. I spoke to him and he was very cheerful and even bothered to show me a worship place of the estate workers high up on top of a rock. The child, even though being carried by the lady right through, looked exhausted as a result of the heat and the continuous swaying. I managed to take a pic of her (one of the few must-have requirements for me during a journey) and we carried on.

Lesser known historical places around Mahiyangana – Bibile

This was a journey I did more than a year ago and my focus was on some places close to Mahiyangana and Bibile – Medagama. On an overcast day I took a bus towards Padiyathalawa from Bibile and again took a bus towards Mahiyanganaya. Just before Wewatta temple there was a road to the left with Uva province tourism notice board directing towards Murungagala Archaeology site.

In and around Welimada

I was able to visit at following places at Welimada in two days. Bomburu Ella and climbing to top of Bomburu Falls, Ravan Falls, Sthreepura cave expedition, Mana Falls, Ganethanna RMV, Ulugala RMV, Keppetipola fort, Diwrumpola Temple. Famous Bogoda wooden Bridge (බෝගොඩ ලී පාලම) and Boralanda government farm (බොරලන්ද ගොවිපල) are also closer to Welimada. I couldn’t go there.

Man vs Wild on Havagala

The book COLLIN’S CAMPING & HIKING MANUAL was a great help to us especially because we were beginners. So now we knew how to go and what to do on a camping expedition; next was finding the location, that’s when we came across the Sri Lankan Adventurer’s hang out while surfing the net; the Lakdaun Forum. There we came across a trip report to a Mountain called Havagala which any one can climb to the summit and camp there; the stunning images quickly grabbed our mind, this is where we will go.

Hit Hard by the Drought – Pic Journey 7…

We took a Welimada-Bogahakumbura bus (alternatively you can take a Welimada-Boralanda bus which will take you to the turn off towards Alawathugoda) and got off at Bogahakumbura town and hired a tuk-tuk to reach the destination which was about 3-4km away. Surprisingly enough most of the people knew about the waterfall even though it’s not a prominent one. The road is under construction and in a somewhat bad condition.

We reached the Alawathugoda village passing the Community Hall where we had to walk as the road had been concreted and left to rest. It was a good 600-800m walk which took its toll on Podi who kept panting all the way. Unfortunately there was very little water and it made us feel very down. Well, you can’t always be lucky and see them in full flow I guess.

Mannar in brief

This was a long awaited trip for Wuminda and me. I could gather enough information about Mannar and places on the way to Mannar by reading Lakdasun reports. We started the journey from Colombo around 7.30am due to my job commitments. On the way we have visited some other places and reached Mannar around 8.30pm. (I will discuss it later by a separate report). We were warmly welcome by Mr.Rohan at Four Tees Inn.

Worship the “Kebiliththa” along the “Galge” way…

රුහුණු කතරගම දෙවියන්ගේ පිහිට ප්රාaර්ථනා කරගැනීමට කතරගම දේවාලයට එන බැතිමතුන් කතරගම දෙවියන් පිදීම සඳහා යන තවත් අනුහස් ඇති ස්ථානයක් යාල වනෝද්යාgනයේ පිහිටා තිබේ. ඒ සියඹලාව හෙවත් කැබිලිත්ත දේවාලයයි.දෙවියන්ගේ කැලය ලෙස අතීතයේ ජනයා හැදින්වු මෙම ඓතිහාසික භූමිය පිහිට ඇත්තේ යාල වනෝද්යාිනයේ කළාප අංක 3 කොටසේය.

Eye camp at Kohonnawala

eading Sri’s report made a few of us think of getting the wheel chair that was needed by the little boy in Kohonawala. With Sri’s help we made contact with the Hamuduruwo to get a bit more information. During the conversation he spoke of many older people who had bad eye sight but were unable not get spectacles. So could we arrange for something to be done about it?

Scenic Hike to Wangedigala

After reading several posts in Lakdasun we decided to do this hike. But holidays were just passing and finally we decided to make this on a weekend. So we took the Ratnapura bus from Mawanella early morning. But when we reached Bus stand they said as it was a holiday the bus will not run. So we got into a Colombo bus and get down from Kegalla.

Govindahela (Westministers Abbey) and waterfalls of Badalkumbura

Sometime ago while traveling on Ampara – Siyambalanduwa road I saw a giant box shaped rock and got to know the name “Govindahela”. I was fascinated to climb it but had literally no information about it. Later found an article on Lakdasun forum written by a foreign lady who climbed the rock. But that article was not very encouraging as her experience turned out to be a very tough and difficult one. A couple of years later suddenly there came a report on the forum by – of course – Ahsan, who had climbed it, alone, with not much hassle and once again I started living in my dream.

ONE NIGHT AT CHUNDIKULAM NATURE PARK

After going through all corners of Jaffna it was my dream to visit and stay a night at Chundikulam Nature Park managed by Sri Lanka Army. I was able to realize that dream at later part of last year. My son and three other friends joined me for the trip.

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