Today is the team's final day in Nuwara Eliya. We've spent the last three days exploring the countryside with a couple of walks (tea plantations) and a visit to Horton National Park. The climate in this part of Sri Lanka has been very much like Scotland - a relief from the stifling heat of Kandy.
Breakfast at the national park yesterday saw the team being joined by a Sambar deer. The park was created by big game hunter and colonialist Horton. The herds of elephants gave disappeared from the park - a result of the colonists love of hunting - but it is still home to leopards. Unfortunately, the team's singing meant we had no chance of seeing these shy animals!
The watetfalls at Baker Falls were beautiful, but it was the spectacular views from World's End which were really well worthcthectrek in the national park. A 0.5 mile shear drop was not for the faint-hearted.
Our next stop is Dalhousie when the team take on the challenge of Adam's Peak...all 5220 steps.
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| Tea plantation, Nuwara Eliya |
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| World's End platform, Horton National Park |
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| World's End, Horton Nationsl Park |
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| Sambar deer |
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