SRI LANKA - ST. CLAIR'S FALLS AND DEVON FALL - DAY 03 - PART 01

Needless to say we slept like babies.. hehehe. Suasana yang sejuk di Nuwara Eliya sangat nyaman. Tambah lagi siangnya dah banyak travel. Alhamdulillah kami tak terlepas solat subuh. Maklum la, waktu masuk solat subuh di sana ialah pukul 4:52 pagi. 

Today, kami akan bertolak semula ke Colombo dan akan touring di sana pulak sebab on the day we arrived kami terus ke Kandy. Apa2 pun breakfast dulu lah :). Masa kami nak ke restoran for sarapan kami noticed bahagian restoran yang next to the garden sedang dihias cantik dengan bunga2. Ehh.. macam nak ada wedding la. Lepas saya sembang2 dengan pekerja ni, kata dia betul akan ada wedding pagi tu pada pukul 11:00 pagi. Semalamnya ada kami bertanya Terrence tentang wedding di Sri Lanka dan kata dia reception dibuat 2 kali, belah pagi from the bride's side dan belah malam from the groom's side. So yang ni from the bride's side lah. 

Sarapan! Tengah lapar masa tu! Hehehhe.. Sarapan saya pagi tu:
Left: Vegetable fried noodels + dosai with dhal + potato masala + milk tea.
Middle: Croissant + mini sausage bun + chicken curry.
Right: Mini doughnut + strawberry danish + vanilla muffin + viennese roll

Okeh, selesai sarapan, we packed and checked out from the hotel. Terus menuju ke Colombo.

Suasana pagi tu berkabus tebal. Dan hujan. 

Di Sri Lanka ada kempen unity - Sri Lanka One Country, One Nation. Dalam poster ni, yang saya rasa dilukis oleh seorang kanak2 yang menang dalam satu pertandingan lukisan, ada sebaris Sri Lankan people dari berbilang kaum dan agama holding hands. Di belakang ada gereja, masjid, stupa dan hindu temple to show tolerence and respect in all the religions in Sri Lanka. I just love this poster!

Pemandangan yang sejuk mata memandang. 

Penduduk2 setempat going about their daily chores. 

Ada la a couple of times when we were behind huge lorries bawak balak. Jadinya slow la perjalanan. Pada kami tak jadi masalah sebab bila slow senang nak ambik gambar. Tambah pulak keadaan cuaca kelam2 so bila slow tak le blur2 foto2.. hehehe.. 

Masa ni di kawasan elevation 1600 m above MSL [metres above mean sea level]. Must drive with extreme care! Jalan curam with sharp bends! To add, kami noticed rata2 jalanraya2 di Sri Lanka memang elok. 

A few more people shots.

Masa ni di kawasan yang dah kurang sikit kabusnya. Jadi boleh la nampak ladang2 teh yang luas. One of them is Palmerston Estate. Also again berada di belakang lori balak yang balak2nya sangat la besar! 

So green, so beautiful!

Then kami ternampak ladang bunga ni. Apa Cut Flowers tu? Ianya adalah bunga2 yang ditanam secara komersil untuk dijual atau diekspot keluar negara. Apparently there are huge demands for fresh flowers especially from Europe selain US dan Jepun seperti  Italy dan Perancis. Juga Netherlands dan UK.

Lagi air terjun mini :).

Ada speed limit bukan saja untuk kereta, bas, lori dan motor tapi untuk tuk tuk dan traktor juga. Masa ni dah mula menurun ke elevation 1255m above MSL.

Tiba di pekan Talawakkelle. 

Deretan tuk tuk. 

Talawakkelle Estate, a Richard Pieris Company. 

Ini pula adalah the Upper Kotmale Dam yang kami nampak dari jauh the day before dari anjung tinjau di Tea Bush Restaurant semasa melihat the Ramboda Falls.

Kami pun sampai ke satu lagi anjung tinjau untuk melihat air terjun. 

Baik si Terrence ni payungkan saya. Saya tak minta sebenarnya tapi saya tak larang sebab demi keselamatan camera saya.. hehehe. Hujan agak lebat masa tu.. 

Ini St. Clair's Falls. So magnificient and majestic! SubhanAllah....

St. Clair's Falls dari jauh with amazing lush green surroundings. 
Wikipedia: St. Clair's Falls (Sinhalese: සාන්ත ක්ලෙයාර් ඇල්ල) is one of the widest waterfalls in Sri Lanka and is commonly known as the "Little Niagara of Sri Lanka". The falls are situated 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the town of Talawakele on the Hatton-Talawakele Highway in Nuwara Eliya District.

Let's zoom dekat. Bertingkat2 air terjun ni.
Wikipedia:  The falls are located along the Kotmale River, a tributary of the Mahaweli River, as it cascades over three rock outcrops into a large pool, running through a tea estate, from which the falls derive their name from.

Wikipedia: The waterfalls consist of two falls called "Maha Ella" (Sinhalese "The Greater Fall"), which is 80 metres (260 ft) high and 50 metres (160 ft) wide and "Kuda Ella", (Sinhalese "The Lesser Fall"), which is 50 metres (160 ft) high and located immediately downstream of the main fall. St Clair's falls are the 20th highest waterfall in Sri Lanka.

A stunning view of the sprawling tea plantations.

Kemudian kami singgah di satu lagi anjung tinjau untuk melihat Devon Falls.

Masa di sini dah tak hujan so senang nak ambik gambar :).

Amazing waterfall! 

Wikipedia: The falls is named after a pioneer English coffee planter called Devon, whose plantation is situated nearby the falls. situated 6 km west of Talawakele, Nuwara Eliya District on A7 highway.

Wikipedia: The Waterfall is 97 metres high and ranked 19th highest in the Island. The Falls formed by Kothmale Oya, a tributary of Mahaweli River. Altitude of Devon falls is 1,140m above sea level.

Kata Terrence itu adalah sebuah hotel siap dengan helipad.

Bersambung ke bahagian Day 03 - Part 02.... a procession... 

Di bawah ni saya senaraikan kesemua links untuk entries Sri Lanka saya:

1) SRI LANKA - DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL - DAY 01 - PART 01

2) SRI LANKA - ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE PINNAWALA - DAY 01 - PART 02

3) SRI LANKA - SUSANTHA SPICE AND HERBAL GARDEN - DAY 01 - PART 03

4) SRI LANKA - KANDY CULTURAL SHOW - DAY 01 - PART 04

5) SRI LANKA - FOOT BRIDGE AND GEMS - DAY 02 - PART 01

6) SRI LANKA - UPPER LAKE DRIVE AND RAJANIMA CRAFT - DAY 02 - PART 02

7) SRI LANKA - GUNATILAKE BATIKS AND TEA PLANTATIONS - DAY 02 - PART 03

8) SRI LANKA - GLENLOCH TEA FACTORY - DAY 02 - PART 04

9) SRI LANKA - RAMBODA WATER FALLS AND KOTMALE DAM - DAY 02 - PART 05

10) SRI LANKA - JETWING ST. ANDREW'S HOTEL - DAY 02 - PART 06

11) SRI LANKA - ST. CLAIR'S FALLS AND DEVON FALL - DAY 03 - PART 01

12) SRI LANKA - A PROCESSION - DAY 03 - PART 02

13) SRI LANKA - TEA PLANTATION AND ADAM'S PEAK - DAY 03 - PART 03

14) SRI LANKA - PEGASUS REEF HOTEL - DAY 03 - PART 04

15) SRI LANKA - INDEPENDENCE MEMORIAL HALL - DAY 04 - PART 01

16) SRI LANKA - TUK TUK TOUR - SHAIK USMAN SHRINE AND MOSQUE - WOLVENDAAL CHURCH - DAY 04 - PART 02

17) SRI LANKA - TOWN HALL - RAJASINGHE GUARD - COLOMBO PORT MONUMENT - DAY 04 - PART 03

18) SRI LANKA - GANGARAMAYA TEMPLE - STREET PAINTINGS - DAY 04 - PART 04
19) SRI LANKA - MODARA TEMPLE - HAMILTON CANAL - DAY 04 - PART 05
20) SRI LANKA - GOING HOME - DAY 05

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