Last night we arrived in a town called Nuwara Eliya. It is in the hill country (the middle of the island) and is so beautiful. Just passed Adam's Peak, there is a national park called Horton Plains, which is where World's End is located. The whole trip is, generally speaking, a hike through the national park with stops along the way, one of which is "worlds end." We started the trip at about 0530 in the morning because in the hill country the moisture that settles on the land overnight starts rising once the sun rises and the place gets really foggy. The national park is absolutely gorgeous with lots of wildlife, different trees, plants and flowers (mom and dad, you guys would have loved this place, right up your guys alley). Our first stops along the trail was mini worlds end and a bit further is greater worlds end. We decided to go in the morning so that we could have a far view of the hill country. When you go on a really clear day, apparently you can see all the way to the ocean. We had wonderful clear weather but still had some clouds and there was just a little bit of fog so we weren't able to see that far. At about 10:00 in the morning is when the fog rises up through the national park and blocks all views of the land, hence why it is called World's End because when you get there it seems as though there is nothing left and nothing past the wall of clouds. These clouds are called the Cloud Forest. The views we had were amazing and we arrived before the fog so could see pretty far which was cool. The next stops were a huge waterfall and a pretty pond. We had to cross over a stream to get to the pond and when I attempted to cross, slipped off my rock and my foot/leg slid into a mud hole, so that was fun. Ended up jumping into the stream and attempting to clean up. Overall it was a great morning, nice weather, amazing views, per usual one hiccup, and a relaxing hike. Total it took most the morning, about 4 hours.
After lunch and a thorough shower to get all the mud and dirt off of me and my clothes and shoes, we went on a tea plantation tour. It was short but sweet. We had to wear really attractive outer clothing into the factory so we had fun making fun if each other. The weather turned a bit cloudy and a little rainy but we got the tour through the factory and learned how they made the tea and packaged it and whatnot. Apparently the tea plantation we were at sells its tea to only local companies which I thought was kinda cool. After the tour we relaxed and had an awesome cup of their tea.
After dinner we had such a relaxing evening at the hotel. We had a fireplace in our room... So romantic!! Haha but it was nice and warm (the hill country is significantly cooler than the costal regions, like pants and north face cool which is a nice relief from the heat during the week). We all cuddled up on the bed and fell asleep watching a movie.
Had such a nice and relaxing weekend.... It will be good for me because when I get home on Sunday, there will be 7 other volunteers staying in my host house for the next two weeks........all 16 yr old. Lol so that should be interesting... Stay tuned.
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