A check with some websites like this one (http://www.sarisara.com/railway_to_Badulla/nanuoya.php) also highlighted the tunnels and bridges along the way.
We boarded at Nanu-oya station, the station closest to Nuwaraya Eliya where we stayed during our visit to the Hortons Plain the day before. The Nanu-oya station is 1600m above sea level, hence, it was very cold.
Our guide made prior arrangement with the station master to ensure that we get to sit in the observation coach i.e. first class where most tourist are at.
(Will insert a pic of the coach that we were in )
(I'll have to go through the pics again to see if I can find a pic of the other 2nd or 3rd class coaches where the locals normally travel in)
Above is a peanut seller on board..looks yummy..but he didn't come to the observation coach though.
Lucky for us..the mist cleared as we descend...hence we got to snap some good pictures along the way.
Here are two captures of the train entering one of the many tunnels. The local kids love it whenever the train entered a tunnel ..they will stick their heads out the window and scream their lungs out. Fun meh?? Kids...
And here are two of my favourite shots (out of the many)...the train gliding elegantly along the hill slope.
We reached Bandarawela after about 7 stops and don't know how many tunnels and bridges.
Weather is not as cold but still nice as it is about 1200m above sea level.
It's quite a nice little town away from the humid and busy Colombo.
Not too cold and not hot at all , just nice.
We spent a night at the Bandarawela Hotel the oldest hotel in town.
A bit eerie in the beginning.
I felt like I was entering a horror movie setting :D
Imagine this bath tub with a dead body filled with blood ?
Lol...
Just kidding..it was a nice hotel..very very cosy. Breakfast was good too....but we didn't have enough time to enjoy the food fully as we had to leave early on a 6 hours road trip to Colombo.
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