We have arrived in Kandy after an excellent train ride in reserved 3rd class. Would not have like the ride in the train cart behind ours. Surfers among sardines.
Leave on the 06:40 train to Kandy … and that we did. 3rd class reserved seats. Not too many people at the train station in Ella, but at some of the other stations, hundreds of people were waiting to pile into some of the unreserved 3rd class seats. They do not have assigned seats in 3rd class unreserved. We saw a couple of surfers from France board the train with their surfboards. They stood for the entire 7 hours to Kandy and looked like they were on their way to Colombo. We had our reserved seats with the window open for the 7 hours of rambling train ride through the hill country of Sri Lanka (A little mountainous than the hill-country of Texas.Very beautiful. Waterfalls, tea plantations, tea pickers, right along side the tracks. Small small villages all along the track. People living along side the railroad. A cute small little Sri Lankan Baby sat next to us and kept us entertained and his family pretty busy when he was not sleeping . Both Ezra and Viena took a nap on the train. We could tell when we were close to Kandy. More people were outside and the little villages turned into small towns. Gerard greeted us at the train station – no sign needed. Gerard spotted the two children with the tall white guy … carrying a house. Our new guest house is much larger than in Ella. We have a full kitchen , mini-fridge and microwave – which means microwave popcorn, and hopefully movie night. “I can survived on microwave popcorn” Dwana mentioned and Viena seconded. “I can survive on chocolate milk and peanut butter” Ezra piped in. I have had a good food experience in Sri Lanka. Yes, the food is spicy, but good – and big portions – especially if you rider take-away – which we do alot since Ezra is not a mild child. But do not expect cutlery. Most people eat with their hands. And do not expect a nice tupperware container for your take-away food. Last night’s food was packaged in last semesters old math homework papers.
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