Our home-stay in Ella was amidst the tea estates, so
while sipping tea in the veranda, one could take in the gorgeous view. I woke
up early to capture some of it with my camera.
After breakfast of banana pancakes
with maple syrup [which was good], some coconut roti [hard and dry] with dal
and sambol [made of coconut] and tea, we decided on going to Adam’s peak. May
be Rawana Falls via bus if that’s possible?
Ishu wasn’t keen on joining us – she wanted to
play with Sethuli and the kittens. Sudhashini (our host) offered to overlook
the girls playing, while we go for our little hike. Though little apprehensive
initially, we felt that was a better option, cuz she wasn't too well and
clearly not interested, so we left her at the home-stay with our host, her
daughter and the kittens.
We headed to Ella junction, and started walking
towards the little Adam's peak. It was little sunny but the scenic path through
the tea Estates and trees with beautiful flowers, was totally worth it. The
hike was easy, only towards the end when stairs came, we felt the sun on us. I
think I enjoyed the hike more than the view from the top.
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| Hiking the Little Adam's Peak - Tea Estates enroute |
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| Almost at the top of Little Adam's Peak |
On our way back we bought some instant noodles
(maggi – not that great actually) – we were not sure what we could get back at
our home-stay at short notice. Ishu apparently was completely fine, she had a
good time and didn't cry for us at all – Am glad. We rested a bit and took the
girls to a nearby Park in evening. Ishu was completely exhausted by then, and her
fever was back. Remaining evening was spent indoors. I went to the little town,
and bought some short eats, fruits, bread and nescafe. Ate those for dinner and
packed for the next day. We then just sat at the porch and chatted with our
hostess and couple of travelers from Austria.
All in all a day well spent. Just worried about
Ishu, hope she gets better soon. She is such a sport!
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