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SRI  LANKA

Stuff your eyes with wonder.
Live as if you'd drop dead in 10 seconds.
See the world.
It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Welikande

30/8/2018

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I'd heard about this place from a couple of young Germans while I was at Sri Pada. They said the scenery was gorgeous and it was a really special place. This seemed like pretty good advice, coming from people that were quite used to spectacular scenery. Another bus ride back to Kandy and then a very local bus to Teldeniya and the Knuckles mountain range.
Michael, the owner of Welikande Villas is English and his lovely Sri Lankan bride have owned the hiking centre for 7 years. It's set on top of a hill overlooking the Knuckles ranges, so called because the tops of the mountains look like a close fist. Yes indeed, it is a truly beautiful place.
My new friend the Venerable Lekdron (Ani-La) from Kandy decided to join me for one night and we spent a day checking out the area and visited a monastery set beside a river. The little kutis (mediation huts) resembled Hobbits' homes and they were all unique in their design. We both thought that they were a little too posh to be kutis. The surrounding countryside was peppered with tea plantations and little colourful villages.
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