[2016 斯里蘭卡 Sri Lanka] Ella: Nine Arch Bridge x 烹飪班 Cooking Class

一條不足5分鐘的短短山路，已經給予我無限幻想和危機感。終於看到Moritz在遠處站著，正想向他大叫，他便轉身看到我，對我招手。

This path took no more than 5 minutes, but it gave me a lot of fantasy and rang my bell of danger already. In the end of the path, I saw Moritz’s back. When I was about to shout at him, he turned around and waved to me. I wonder if he has installed himself a radar which could detect me from certain distance. 

原來在他探路時，遇上一個小朋友表示可以帶路，他便滿心歡喜想把我叫過來一起出發。小朋友表示要給他一點錢才答應，但當時Moritz身無分文，向小朋友解釋，要他等我過來，可能小朋友以為他不想花錢，所以便一聲不響跑走了，留下他在原地，然後我便出現了。

He told me he met a kid who could show him the direction to the Nine Arches Bridge while he was checking the way. He was so excited to bring me there but the kid requested some pennies to agree. Moritz had no money with him and tried to explain to the kid he has to wait till I come. It could be miscommunication that the kid thought he didn’t wanna pay, so he just ran away and left him. That’s the moment I appeared.

[2016 斯里蘭卡 Sri Lanka] Recommended Accommodation in Ella 推薦住宿

清晨睜開眼，不用天未亮便起床，花2小時爬上山，只需走出私人花園等待著日出。仍穿著睡衣，半睡半醒站在花園，呼吸著清新空氣，霧氣沾濕了頭髮。早上有點清涼，趕緊在打第一個噴嚏前披上外套便走上天台，因為這是最高點，景觀比較開揚。

To see the sunrise right outside the private garden is a very wonderful start in the morning. I do not have to wake up early and climb up on the mountain for two hours. I wore my sleeping clothes and stood in the garden while I was still half awaken. With the fresh air, I was fully waken up and the air is so moist to wet my hair. It was a bit cool in the morning, I immediately put on my jacket before I went on top of the roof. The roof is the highest point to have a better view of the mountain.

[2016 斯里蘭卡 Sri Lanka] 火車 Train: KANDY>ELLA/ Hotel Laura/ 茶園 Tea Farm

Written by 原文自 Moritz/ Translated by 譯文自 Trianne

Early Bird catches the worm. In our case, we needed to buy train tickets for the most scenic part of our journey – Kandy to Ella. We were not able to book tickets in advance since it was vacation time. Every pre-sale ticket was sold out. We were worried to not get any ticket, so we woke up at 6am to start our day. Our stay at Pearl House was on the hill top of Kandy and with a spacious public space where you could step out to a terrace and enjoy the sunrise, overlook Kandy.

早起的鳥兒有蟲吃~ 因為假期，預售票已經售罄，昨天未能買到Kandy到Ella的火車票，深怕沒有車票，所以今早我們特別6點便起床前往火車站。Kandy到Ella 的火車綫是最值得體驗的，絕對不能錯過。清晨站在Pearl House廣闊的露台觀看日出，飽覽Kandy全境。

[2016 斯里蘭卡 Sri Lanka] Kandy - 英倫風格住宿 England Style Pearl House

離開樹屋前往下一站Kandy，Srimal送別我們，載我們到巴士站。剛下車，巴士便出現，還來不及說再見，巴士職員便把我們的行李放到車尾，催促我們上車，所以樹屋鎖匙都一拼跟著上車，還在口袋裡。我們在煩惱怎樣歸還鎖匙，要寄回去嗎？沒有詳細地址！現在下車回去？會花很多時間！幸好記起Srimal提過這個周末他會到Ella，我們亦剛好已到達Ella，所以便約好到時歸還。

Said goodbye to Treehouse and Srimal, we headed to the next stop – Kandy. Srimal gave us the last ride to the bus stop. The bus arrived while we just got off his tuk tuk. Then the bus conductor grabbed our bags and stored them at the car trunk quickly and urged us to get on the bus. We were not able to say proper “Goodbye” to Srimal and also took the treehouse key with us. How can we return it? By post? We do not have the address. Get off the bus now and walk back? It will take lots of time. Luckily, we remember Srimal mentioned that he will travel to Ella this weekend as well. To meet up in Ella would be a good solution. We will be in Ella at the same period.