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A 640 km bike ride that took around 20 hours, the limitations being that I could travel only at a speed limit of 40 to 60 km/hour because of the bike capacity and weather conditions.
So I started my journey around 8.30 in the morning from bandarawela. The route I took was from bandarawela - Badulla - mahiyanganaya - Dambulla - Vavuniya. This route had lovely landscapes and dams with beautiful roads.
I had to make several stopping since sitting on the bike continually was very difficult. I had a lite breakfast of short eats after I crossed Badulla.
The road was good and not much traffic. At around 2 pm I reached Dambulla where I had my lunch. A nice quiet restaurant where I tried chicken chop suey noodles. A good lunch it was. After lunch, I started my ride again traveling via Anuradhapura towards Vavuniya.
Reached Vavuniya at 5 pm. Went to my hotel room and had a little rest and later went to a business meeting.
The next day I started my journey again at 9.30 am. I took the same route till Dambulla.
From Dambulla I took the Matale route to Kandy.... around 2 pm I had crossed Matale, so had my lunch at a random restaurant.
I had sandwiches because wanted my lunch to be light. After lunch, I started again to Kandy. Reached Kandy around 3.30 pm where I ordered pizza for takeaway for my cousin's kids.
So packing those pizzas I started again towards Hatton. It started to rain and it was difficult to ride the bike. But that didn’t stop me, I was drenched in the rain and it was freezing. Finally, I reached Hatton by 6.30 pm. It was 9 hours travel this time.
The next day the travel was from Hatton back to bandarawela...
from Hatton to Nuwara Eliya, just passing Nuwara Eliya I had masala tea at the tea train. Reached bandarawela at 2 pm.
This time it was 3.30 hours ride.
A lovely trip through beautiful landscapes, waterfalls, and beautiful locations.
A new kind of experience!!!!
