sasri2016 – Train trip from Badulla to Nanu Oya (for Nuwara Eliya)

Train trip is amazing! I had reserved the seat to exporail through internet and paid the trip by Visa. That exporail seat costed 1200 rupies and that means it was only about 2,3 times the normal 2 class train ticket (from Colombo to Weligama on coastal line). Exporail wagon offers you a light lunch during this trip, but wagon doesn't have those tables at the back of the seats. There seemed to be electricity connections in the walls. Toilet was small, but that's no news here.

Train trip from Badulla to Nanu Oya takes about 4 hours and it's so beautiful. There are many bridges, a lot of beautiful scenery and other things you can take photos of. If it doesn't salvage your soul, even a tiny bit, then make a call to your doctor.

There were some power lines, that were so close to train, that I dodged them a little. It's hard to see the distance these power lines from photos, but I would say they are about 10 cm from train wagon when I was taking this picture.

There also were some not-so-functioning power line stands.

When we got to second last station before Nanu Oya, it started to rain a little. Well we had been travelling in rain forest for over an hour already, so no wonder it started to rain (this is dry season, but still). It was 9 km ride with tuk-tuk from Nanu Oya to my hotel “Wink Field”. Ride wasn't that bad.

There was still small boy, that tuk-tuk driver took onboard from one of hotels, just when we had started the journey to Nuwara Eliya. Driver explained to me, that this kid loves the tuk-tuk drives and he is often picked up from somewhere and taken on a drive to hotels. He was so small, cute and enthusiastic about driving. When we got to the hotel, he instantly went to driver's seat and tried to start the tuk-tuk.