Tour Article Number One - Nawagiyawa Lake

This article was about tour to the Nawagiyawa lake which is located in Ampara Gonagolla area. This was a place I visited a long time ago. From  Ampara Mahaoya road turn left from the Gonagolla junction then road ahead to the Nawagiriyawa lake. On that Days Lake was drying. So we are able to ride our motorcycles on the lake. It was a fantastic journey. When lakes were drying, some people dig the lake and try to make bricks from that soil. But these poor people think we are from the government so they were scared. But one of my friends knows them and told that we aren’t from the government. Then problem solved.

 

After that we seek place to fishing. Sometimes we sink on mud with bikes. Then lift the bikes and takeout. It was too tired but by thinking of the journey ahead that was a nothing. So we go through the lake and fond some place. But fishing is not for us. We were catching two or three fish from the lake. After disappointed on the fishing we go to see the place that the lake was divided on the dry season. Unfortunately that was not succeeded because of the some rocks were ahead and we can’t go through. So we have to stop the journey today and one day I hope to visit this place.

 

And there were lot of tales about this lake I wont to seek but that was getting dark. So we end our journey and return to home. But that was amazing experience in my life on those days. But now that was nothing by comparing my journeys.

 

Tour Article Number Thirty Three - Morning Side

When we travel nearly 6 kilometers from the Suriyakanda to Deniyaya in Galle Rathnapura road we can see the direction notation to this area. This is uphill road which is very difficult to drive without motorcycle or four wheel drive vehicle. But we choose three wheeler to visit this place. But development projects were never seen this area. Sometimes we lift the wheels because of the mud. However we derived nearly half of the tour. Then we decide to walk to the top. 

Feel the environment and through the jungle we were in our journey without knowing the end of the road. Sometimes my crew was tried to drop it and turn around because of tiredness and the hungry. But for me it gets mo curiosity to seek what is the end of this road. But from the jungle guava found from the road side was release our hungriness and gave another life to travel ahead. We walked nearly 5 kilometers from the vehicle parked place. But the news found from the Morning Side research bungalow is “This is the Morning Side and you can see Morning Side tea estate 2kilometers ahead”. From that we tried to stop our journey but it was just 2 kilometers so we continued our journey to the estate.

However we decided to visit the estate also. So when we traveled through the jungle road, we heard water flows, birds. But Elephant faeces on the road were gave us fear. Morning Side estate was nearly 0.2 hectare and planted on 2008. Time was nearly 3.30pm so we turn to our rest places. But for the sound come from waterfall was changed the route again.

 

That was very beautiful waterfall nearly 15 or 20 meters with height. But it was enough to remove our tiredness from our bodies. After the cool rest we started speedily come to the home. Like they said it was morning at the all time we spend there. That was amazing climate in that area comparing Deniyaya, Suriyakanda areas which are located around the Morning Side area. But for the travelers I must say that the journey to the Morning side was difficult because of uphill roads.

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Tour Article Number Thirty Two - Kiridi Ella falls

Always we can see this waterfall from the Rathnapura Pelmadulla Road. In Sri Lanka this is the seventh highest waterfall with 116 meters. This falls was started from the Kuttapitiya mountain which is height of 940 meters. Turn to the Kuttapitiya road from the Rathnapura Pelmadulla road and travel nearly 5 kilometers, there it is. In there we can see the board and turn from there and take the narrow steps to the bottom of the falls.

 

Steps begin from the top level of the waterfall. Take nearly 450 steps to the bottom. But we have to be careful with these steps because they are slippery, narrow and sometimes we have to go over the slippery rocks. But when we come to the end of the steps we feel this is not the time waste. Because this falls was very beautiful enough to flow away our tiredness. We went to the very bottom of the falls and because of the rainy period this is full with the water. But careful, because in this area there are lots of poisonous snakes and also we can see endemic fishes.

There was another thing we seen, that is dead dog comes from the top of the waterfall. After we feel the environment and return to home. But when we seen the road ahead we were bored but we were done it. When we seen the main road again we have independently happy feelings, because we done this adventures tour to the Kirindi ella falls.

Go and visit these things make our country’s uniqueness from the whole world. You have to visit your own to these places to get those feelings. But I must say do not destroy the environment with polythene and also do not take drugs or alcohol to this places. Protect the environment and feel it.

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Tour Article Number Thirty One - Buddhangala Monastery

Buddhangala Monastery lies in the thick jungle about 7 kilometers off Ampara. Monastery covers nearly 1200 acres. We can see remains of the ancient monastery covering 5 rocks. This area was belongs to Digamandulla Kingdom which was started by Dighayu in the 4^th century BC. According to Ven. Ellawala Medhananda thero, this monastery was older than the Digamadulla Kingdom.

This area was covered by thick jungle for thousands of years and in 1964 by a brave Bikku called kaluthara Dhammananda was cleared this area and again started the monastery. When the escalations goes on the original Stupa, they found the relics that believe that belongs to Saripuththa and Moggallana who is the chief disciples of Buddha. But here the real name was unknown.

 

When the terrorist era they were trying to destroy the monastery. And tamils and muslims try number of times to destroy the monastery and to build a tank called “Hijra”. Because of the rock looks like Buddha’s laying position the tamils and musslims used to called it as “Buddhankalei” and then Sinhalease also called it as “Buddhangala”. Inside the jungle there are lots of ruins. But in my travels I am unable to travel for these ruins. But I will give details later for you.

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Tour Article Number Thirty - Pareiyan Ella

I visited my blog after long time because of the second year final semester examinations in the university . Soon after exams I traveled seeking a place called Katugahagalge. That is a temple which has a historical value. But that day I was heared that Minister was there so we abort the journey and went to see this waterfall. My brother and one of my friend joined for the journey.

This waterfall is located in Buththala Badalkumbura road before 4 kilometers to Badalkumbura town. This is the board put by the provincial ministry of tourism in Uva province. After turning  from here and we went  through the cultivated lands to reach this place.

This is a nice and calm place to visit. First we climbed down some steps and found a small waterfall,  height of two feet. I thought what is this' But when we walked along the bank of river we found the waterfall that we were searching for.There, the waterfall is divided in to two. This is a nice place and I climbed rocks to reach the top of the fall. The view is fantastic and that was a just perfect place for see the waterfall.

However now this place is visited by lovers. But I must say don't do any undesirable things in here. Because sometimes these places will be visited by children. And also keep these places clean when yo visit. Welcome to see this places with great honer.
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