Nuwara Eliya: Sri Lanka's Little England

No trip to N'Eliya is complete without the pic of the 'Mackwoods' sign

WARNING: THIS IS NOT A BUDGET TRIP. I REPEAT. THIS IS NOT A BUDGET TRIP. 

In fact, this was more or less a regular comfort-trip, where we ate from air conditioned restaurants, had tea at The Grand Hotel tea room and stayed in a semi-luxurious guest house.

So instead of insulting the budgeting sensibilities of my readers with a post about a non-budget trip, I will offer you a picture gallery of our trip with short captions that capture our sojourn into Sri Lanka’s Little England :)

I keep forgetting just how green everything is in Nuwaraeliya...

Climb every mountain ♫♪♪

These cuties were @ Hakgala Botanical Gardens

This tree might come alive on magical moonlit nights

I see fire, inside the mountain ♫♪♪

Of course, it isn't just natural beauty that makes Nuwaraeliya such a famous tourist magnet. The buildings are out of this world! My pen pal was amazed at how many of the buildings looked like (or actually were) from the British colonial era.

The Hill Town Cottage. We stayed here!

The famous N'Eliya post office

The famed red-brick post office clock tower. Still works!

We had mid-morning tea at The Grand Hotel, the oldest hotel in Nuwaraeliya. Unfortunately, we were too busy guzzling tea to take any pictures. We didn't finish our trip there, though. We also went to දුන්හිඳ falls (Dunhinda - Misty falls). We walked about an hour in from the main road and saw this:

Wanna tag along next time? ;)
*All pictures are subject to copyright © Asuka Randeniye 2016