WF Day 5 Ella to Nuwara Eliya

Woke as the sun was just rising for an early 7.30 start. The roads are so slow and if you get to 60kms you think you are speeding. My favourite waterfall of the trip was the Dunhinda Ella, the photo with the fine mist. There was a red rhododendron on the lookout near the falls. I did walk to this fall but not a great distance. In the afternoon I visited Hortons Plains and saw Bakers Falls, to do the circuit with the falls and a visit to world's end was 9kms. Normally takes 3 hrs, but for me 2 and a half with lots of photographic stops to record the flowers and scenery. Rhododendrons grow wild on the plain and would be a picture of red in a month or so. A few were out and some of the local tourists were picking the flowers which was a shame. On the way back from Hortons Plains I saw sambur and monkeys and beautiful views of the mountains in the area. I even took a photo of the sky for a memory, it was the clearest blue. Nuwara Eliya is high country and quite cool. If you ever come to Sri Lanka you can buy heavy winter jackets at the markets there. It s also a very big vegetable growing area and interesting to see farming without tractors etc.