Zip-lining in Ella and amazing views!

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 That's at Little Adam's peak in Ella. But before that about the trip:

It was a two day trip. We left for Ella on Thursday around noon and about three hours later found ourselves in Mount heaven for lunch. They had heart shaped papadam. Is that a norm now?!  Papa had a conference in Badulla at 4 (the whole reason for the trip) so we gobbled up food and raced to the conference hall to find that we were earlier than everyone else even when we were late so that was fun. There was nothing for us to do so we climbed a roof (basically trespassing) and got caught by a nice person who let us off the hook. We hit the conference hall and half an hour later ate and headed back to the Ella gap panorama hotel to spend the night. After a hearty barbecue and figuring out how the hot water works, we watched Catch me if you can and three of us slept in two double beds. spacious yes. 

Day two started with a beautiful sunrise view from the balcony and a coffee that needed a lot more sugar packets. We headed over to have breakfast and Malli naturally hooked some people with free entertainment meaning his magic tricks. Me and Charith got to ride in a Mercedes-benz GLE which was definitely luxurious to say the least. We went to the place called 98 acres where we hiked upto the Flying Ravana zip line point and filled forms.


There was also abseiling, mountain biking, ATV rides and archery and shooting activities there too. I only got to try the zip-line which was such an adrenaline rush. It is really safe and they take the proper time to explain to you what happens and what to do when you get to the bottom. It was high intensity fun. Afterwards we hiked up little Adam's peak which is an amazing calming view. There's a helipad over there too for whatever that's worth.

We hiked down, headed to Mount heaven to try some Gelly and Caremel along with rice for dessert. Home was the course after that. Not the most exciting set of events ever yes but it was a good getaway and a chance to chill out and talk about everything and yet nothing in particular. 
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