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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 43 views
  2. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 29 views
  3. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 17 views
  4. Heritage of ancient Magama, the capital of Ruhuna kingdom 17 views
  5. Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom 16 views
  6. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 15 views
  7. Arts of Kandy 14 views
  8. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 14 views
  9. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 13 views
  10. Waterfalls of Colombo District 13 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 127 views
  2. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 102 views
  3. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 73 views
  4. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 60 views
  5. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 59 views
  6. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 58 views
  7. Knuckles Sphinx-2 / කිනිහිරිගල-2 (1500+m) 56 views
  8. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 56 views
  9. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 55 views
  10. Five peaks of knuckles (1862m) 54 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 598 views
  2. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 366 views
  3. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 311 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 293 views
  5. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 232 views
  6. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 220 views
  7. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 202 views
  8. Trip to Wewathanna (Lake Plains) 188 views
  9. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 176 views
  10. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 170 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,452 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 32,010 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,051 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,872 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,672 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,706 views
  7. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,984 views
  8. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,971 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,186 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,416 views

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.

From Ohiya to Kalupahana on “Devil’s Stairs”…

Year and Month March, 2014 (30th) Number of Days One Day Trip Crew 2 (between 24-25 years of age), Me and my friend Accommodation N/A Transport From Polgahawela to Ohiya by night mail train, From Ohiya to Kalupahana on foot, Came back from Kalupahana across Rathnapura & Kegalle by bus. Activities Hiking & Trekking, Photography, […]

Kadugannawa to Rambukkana the last leg of my rail hikes

After a tiring hike to Hunnasgiriya peak with my friend Niroshan, we reached Kandy where I decided to stay the night at and complete a long awaited rail hike from Kadugannawa to Rambukkana. So next day early morning I took a bus and proceeded towards Kadugannawa where I had some breakfast before stepping on to the railway track. After snapping a Udarata menike train which was halted at Kadugannawa I started marching downwards towards Balana. The first landmark I came across was 64 ¾ mile post which is the highest point of Kandy – Colombo railway line which most of the people are not aware about. From here onwards the rail line deviates away from the main road. Tunnel 11 is the first tunnel one would come across after Galboda station where tunnel 12 could be found (when coming from Badulla side).

Living in My Dream – Meemure & Gala Muduna…

We stopped to take a few pics of the morning sky painted with gorgeous colors. The shadows of trees added to the beauty with the contours of the mountains in the distance. I wouldn’t have minded walking along this road at this time as it felt heavenly. However, time was a luxury we couldn’t afford at the time as we had planned something unprecedented even in Nava Mama’s standards. KCC at Deanston was still in darkness and no sign of activity there. It’d’ve been grand if we could be at the mini world’s end when the sun is rising. We could’ve got a super panoramic view towards Ududumbara, Hasalaka and Mahiyanganaya. I had to restrain myself so hard not to venture into the trail without this early and there was no way to get permission.

Passing Loolwatte tea shop made me crave for yet another coffee but we simply wanted to get to Meemure as soon as we could and start on our first hike. We stopped nonetheless at Corbet’s Gap for a few pics of the mountains which were rising majestically to a clear blue sky. From then on, it was a downhill journey along a circular road that entwines the mountains like a giant snake. It’d already gone by 6.30am and we hurried. There were a few places where the road was terrible but we had a somewhat higher ground clearance enabling us to pass without incident. Reaching Kaikawala concrete bridge, we saw a monk who’s going collecting his meals (Pindawatha Wadinawa). He simply stepped out of the road, without even looking back and kept looking downwards till we passed.

There are a few monks who stay meditating in this part of SL as it’s so beautiful and calm. We even came across one such place deep inside the jungle on our way back from Gala Muduna later in the day. Closer to Nava mama’s house, we got the first glimpse of the gorgeous Lakegala. Whoa, what a beauty she is despite being continuously harassed by unforgiving sunlight and intermittent rains.

Solo travel to Kottawa and Kanneliya forest reserves

The initial plan was to travel somewhere around Mathale and Reversten, with a bunch of officemates. But everyone seemed to be busy, visiting relatives for the new year. Knowing that it would be a crime to spend the holidays at home, I decided to visit Hiyare, Kottawa, and Kanneliya. This is my 1st ever solo travel experience 🙂

Kumana – Camping at Gal Amuna : Picture Report

Kumana was on the list for too long. So we thought of giving it a shot this time. Though the dry season is not at its peak yet, Kumana was extremely hot when we visited. The sightings were not the greatest, but we had enough sightings and more importantly had a great time especially at the awesome Gal Amuna campsite.

Panirendawa ancient Iron ore and few wetlands of chilaw!

Hmmm! Thought of doing a report after a while and this is one report I couldn’t finish off last year! Im really happy my second home is not in an urbanized area like Colombo and there are plenty of places to hang around whenever I visit there. Chilaw area (Pitigal korale) is known to have 999 lakes which belong to god “Thaniwelle” and few of them are known for their bird life. I will be posting few snaps taken at those locations and if I haven’t mention the name of any bird that’s because I don’t know it or can’t recall the name.

Horton Plains Heroism (Part 01) – Scenic Walk along the Solitude Jeep Track

hen we were (Ashan, Sanketha and Me) climbing Pettigala I pointed my finger to a far end and asked Ashan whether it’s Horton plains. He replied me with a smile “Hariya Nogiya Thenna “. Surprised???? Yes for more than 30 years of my life I had never been to Horton Plains. So I was desperately needed to do HP ASAP and was in a hunger to do many trails within a short period. Within 3 days we ( Me and my friend Thenuka ) were able to cover five paths/trails of Horton Plains

Laboring Up to the Sun-Deprived Lost World – Kohonawala…

This is an isolated village completely surrounded by numerous mountains making it located in the bottom of a deep ravine. Badulla-Passara road seems to be running around this and a few other isolated villages. Namunukula-borne Loggal Oya flows between the border of Urumeethenna, the last village with main-line-supplied electricity, and Kohonawala before joining the mighty Mahaweli at Mahiyanganaya, making it further isolated.

The story behind the start of this village has many different variations. According to the folklore, they origins run far deep thousands of years backwards where the indigenous people of SL, the Veddhas, roamed this island at will. According to one old farmer, the leader of that Veddhas in the village was an elite archer. Once he won a contest of shooting an arrow through a golden ring thus getting the name “Ranpath Mudiyanselage” bestowed upon his clan. Surprisingly all the people in Kohonawala has that as their surname to-date. Everybody is called R.M. and their given name.

Batulu Oya Water Fall Trail, A New Trail to Climb Sri Pada (Adams Peak)

By February of 2012 I had climbed Adams peak 6tims using all 6trails. Since my initial plan was to complete all 6trails and once this objective was achieved I decided to retire from climbing this peak. But this decision to retire only lasted a few days because as soon as I downloaded my GPS data of the Hapugastenne trail to my computer I found out that there are 2more possible trails that could be done

Memories of Wilpattu

We decided to do this trip in two days and planned to stay the first day night in a small hotel near Wilpattu junction and to start the safari following day early morning. So on first day we started our journey from Gampaha at around 2 p.m. and reached Puttalam at about 5 p.m. where we stopped near the lagoon for a break.

From Top to Bottom of Sithawaka Kingdom – Pic Journey 5…

It was on Tue 18 Feb when Hari called out of blue moon and asked if I could join them for a waterfall hike on 22-23 Feb. It is one of my favorite ones but due to not being able to take leave, I had to give up that idea. Gala Balana Kanda had always lurked in my mind and I wondered “What about climbing that on 22?”. I just didn’t wanna do it alone and then came Hasitha into the pic. He’s been calling me numerous times showing his interest to join with us for a trip and this looked like the best opening for a new partnership.

So I called him and suggested my plan, he hadn’t been to Berandi Kovil, Sithawaka Palace and Tomb of King Rajasinghe. It was perfect coz I knew we’d have enough time to cover them yet again as they are all very close to the main roads and won’t take an hour to do all three. I was anyway so sad about not being able to join Hari and the gang for the hike.

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