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  • Ala Galla

    Ala Galla

    A week or two ago, we decided we’d sat on our haunches being productive members of society long enough, and asked hiker-extraordinaire Kirigalpoththa if he knew any mountains we could scale. After deciding on Allagalla, a classical mountain-shaped mound of earth topped by a large pile of rocks, we set off. Alla Galla, literally translates [...]

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  • Taking the Train from Badulla

    Taking the Train from Badulla

    On the last day of our backpacking venture, after lounging about in Polonnaruwa, we decided to leg it to Badulla to get a desire for some hills and mountains out of our system. Now Badulla aint no short distance from Polonnaruwa and we found ourselves on the road for a good 5 to 6 hours [...]

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