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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 29 views
  2. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 14 views
  3. Back to Yahangala (1220m) 13 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 13 views
  5. Waterfalls of Colombo District 12 views
  6. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 11 views
  7. Ella-Full Package 10 views
  8. Rural Kohonawala where the sun rises at 9am and vanishes at 3pm 9 views
  9. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 8 views
  10. බිසෝගල-Bisogala (823m)-Highest peak of Kurunegala district 7 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 106 views
  2. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 63 views
  3. Days at Chilaw 55 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 54 views
  5. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 51 views
  6. Back to Yahangala (1220m) 40 views
  7. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 36 views
  8. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 36 views
  9. Scenic Peacock Hills (1518m) + Kadiyanlena & Galboda Waterfalls 34 views
  10. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 34 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 386 views
  2. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 266 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 240 views
  4. Misty point-Ambokka (1159m) and Selagama Mini world’s end 160 views
  5. Bulathkohupitiya-Narangala Hike (880m) 154 views
  6. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 151 views
  7. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 143 views
  8. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 141 views
  9. Monkey Mountain (520m)…….A part of Viyana Hela 133 views
  10. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 132 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,149 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 31,918 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,030 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,736 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,534 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,542 views
  7. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,917 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,878 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,121 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,344 views

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.

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.

Cave Exploration Continues – Pic Journey 3…

After our (Tony and Me) first run through the Siyane Korale, which was a grand tour, we decided to continue from where we stopped covering the remaining archaeologically important places in Gampaha District. 14 January looked like a perfect choice coz we both were free, unfortunately we missed Hari’s hike to the Sacred Sri Pada via scenic Maray Watta and Sandagala Thenna route as we both had to work the following day despite it being a Poya Day. This made Hari as mad as a lone Elephant in Maduru Oya.

We called it a day at Maligathenna the other day after a marathon run of exploration of Siyane Korale, Tony vowed to come back to do the rest of it and that’s exactly what we did at the end.

Hike For Humanity Project reaches the hands of underprivileged

Hike for Humanity project is an innovative and inspirational project interlinking the concept of hiking and humanity. That is to help underprivileged school students on the annual hike of Old Cadets Association (OCA). To begin with the project the #HikeForHumanity Concept was familiarized on the social media as well as in Zahira College Mawanella.

Sri Pada via Sandagalathenna( The Holly Moon Rock Plain )

Sri Pada Season is begun. Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrims of other religions come in millions to worship the sacred foot print. People who want to climb the summit within a shorter period without much difficulty choose the Hatton Nallathani Route. Because of that Hatton route get crowded most of the time. People who wanted to climb in less crowded trail which is much closer to nature; choose comparably difficult Eratna or Ratnapura trails .

An Unparalleled Travel Experience – Pitawala…

We woke up around 5am after a deep sleep and straight away went out looking for the rising sun through the mountains. The pointed shaped rock is not in fact Lakegala, but called Thunnisgala. No wonder people say that there are 7 people alike in the world and it seems it goes to the nature too, especially for mountains and waterfalls. The cloud cover was a worrying factor and sun had no chance of penetrating this thick layer. Ranjith and Wasantha arrived with coffee and it warmed our bodies. We decided to go as early as possible coz wanted to see as many things as possible. The breakfast was extra-large Rotti with Luny Miris and Chicken Curry. We ate and was on our way merrily. This area is a cluster of few villages; they are Pitawala, Atanwala, Rathkinda & Mahala Kotuwa. It’s however very hard to distinguish one from the other as there are no marked boundaries.

Crisscrossing through Siyane Korale on New Year’s Eve – Pic Journey 2…

It’s been during one of those adventures Tony came up with the notion to explore things in and around Gampaha, the Siyane Korale. He’s closed to the area and knows most of it like the back of his hand. To make things interesting he’s also come across a paper article about some mysterious caves located close to Asgiriya, Gampaha. Probably you will hear more about them one day, fingers crossed.

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