Sunrise At Lipton's Seat - Haputale, Srilanka - Amazing View

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Sunrise At Lipton's Seat - Haputale, Srilanka - Amazing View

Google maps location;

https://www.google.lk/maps/place/Lipton's+Seat/@6.7806575,81.0132959,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ae46e34030893af:0x3886114faff7476b!8m2!3d6.7806522!4d81.0154846
Liptons seat is a Tourist spot with a beautiful view at the Dambatenne Estate, Haputale Sri Lanka. It is said sir Thomas Lipton used this spot to survey his tea estates which spread around 2500 acres from this place.

Sir Thomas Lipton came to Srilanka during the late 1800s and fell in love with the country. He was the reason for starting the Ceylon tea.

A lot of Indians were hired from India for working at the tea estates. These people even today are called INDIAN TAMILS in Sri Lanka.

How to get there.....
There are 2 routes to get to Lipton's seat.
1- From Haputale you have to take the Dambatenne Estate to get to Lipton's seat. This is the main route that most people take
The roads are narrow
2- From bandarawela you have to take the nayabetta estate route and come up to Lipton's seat. The roads are not that good but tourists from Ella, choose this route because it is near.

A Tuk-tuk is the best option to travel here. Or by a two-wheeler.

The view from here is amazing. 3 or 4 provinces can be seen from here. 2 or 3 lakes can also be seen from here.
The gates to Lipton's seat opens at 5.30 am. Tourists come at this time to see the sunrise. Though I went a little earlier, the gates were opened at 5.30. If we want to go earlier we can park our vehicle at the gates and trek all the way to Lipton's seat which is a 1.5 km walk.
The sunrise was amazing .. in a few minutes, mist covered the whole area and the sunrise looked amazing. To see how beautiful the sunrise was you have to view the video.
The view was so amazing and looked extraordinary
There is only one eatery in this spot. The menu is limited here. There is Lipton tea, coffee, and hot roti with spicy sambol. The roti was hot and soft and tasted amazing for the cold climate.
The place closes at 5.30 in the evening. It is a great place to come with family and enjoy the amazing view. A FEAST TO YOUR EYES.

                       

ZIPLINE ADVENTURE At Flying Ravana - Ella, Srilanka

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ZIPLINE ADVENTURE At Flying Ravana - Ella, Srilanka

Google Maps Location Link; https://www.google.lk/maps/place/Flying+Ravana+Mega+Zipline/@6.8661067,81.0598689,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ae465767f6c6707:0x4a975162cb36da71!8m2!3d6.8661014!4d81.0620576
This flying Ravana, a mega zipline is in Ella, a town in Badulla district near bandarawela, Srilanka.
The flying Ravana is owned by 98 acres resort.

This place is not very difficult to find. It is just a few kilometers from Ella town. You can take a tuk-tuk from the town. If you are coming in a car, you will need to park on the main road and walk for a while.
Zipline is not the only attraction at the flying Ravana, they have abseiling ( climbing down a mountain with ropes) got to know this word just that day. Then there is ATV riding, Air gun-shooting, archery, and a few more new attracting coming later this year.

The cost of the zipline is 2500 for Sri Lankans and 20 us dollars for foreign passport holders. The repeat ride is 1000 SriLankan rupees.
If you go to a zipline then there is a 50% discount on all other attractions. So my suggestion would be to go for the zipline first and then choose other attractions if needed.
This zipline is 550 meters and it takes a person 35 seconds to finish.
IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE, BUT A VERY SHORT ONE.
The other thing I noticed is that only if both your hands are on the handle you travel straight, if one hand is on the handle and on the other hand you are holding something like a camera, then you tend to turn as I did, Which spoils the whole fun. So if you want to go on the zipline make sure both hands are on the handle.
There is also trekking to little Adams peak, you could try that for a great view.

                   

Travel Vlog - Beach Resort With A Beautiful Sea View - Ypsylon Resorts - Beruwala, Srilanka

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Travel Vlog - Beach Resort With A Beautiful Sea View - Ypsylon Resorts - Beruwala, Srilanka
Google Maps Location; https://www.google.lk/maps/place/Ypsylon+Tourist+Resort/@6.4547263,79.9756543,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m8!3m7!1s0x3ae22e4656f61d4d:0xde100cf7a4731e5!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d6.454721!4d79.977843
How To Get There-
The resort Ypsylon is situated in Beruwala, the southwestern part of Sri Lanka

One hour and 40 minutes drive from the Bandaranaike international airport.

The resort can be easily reached from Colombo if you take the Galle bus and get down at beruwala. From Beruwala the Tuk Tuk will charge you 200 Srilankan rs to take you to the resort.

The resort is well maintained with comfortable rooms and a swimming pool. The view of the sea is amazing and you can keep staring at the horizons.

If you like you can also take a dip in the sea, but the waves are strong so you have to be cautious.
The Breakfast was a simple one because of the lockdown. There was bread, butter, and jam. Egg of your choice and fruit plate. Even though it was simple it was amazing to taste.
The swimming pool is amazing and has a max depth of 10 feet. It was refreshing to swim.
A great place with a fantastic view which I definitely recommend to visit.

                          

Travel Vlog - LOWER DIYALUMA FALLS - A Visit To The SriLanka's 2nd Highest Waterfalls

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Travel Vlog - LOWER DIYALUMA FALLS - A Visit To The SriLanka's 2nd Highest Waterfalls
Google maps location;
https://www.google.lk/maps/place/Diyaluma+Falls/@6.7331496,81.0292286,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ae46c352d6455e3:0x28c362117103a1b1!8m2!3d6.7331443!4d81.0314173

Diyaluma falls, the 2nd highest waterfall in Sri Lanka, and the 361st highest waterfall in the world. This place is situated in the central UVA province of Sri Lanka in the Badulla district. The easiest way to reach the lower section is from Beragala junction.
I went to the lower section of the falls, to get here we can take the Badulla to Colombo highway. At the Beragala junction if we travel 24 km towards koslanda we can reach Diyaluma waterfalls. This is the lower section of the waterfalls.
To go to the upper section you have to go from poonagala village, which I will try to do in some other video.

The best way to reach the lower section of the falls is by a Tuk-tuk from beragala junction. If you are staying in Ella you can take the three-wheel from there. From Ella, you can either go through poonagala village or come through Beragala town.

On reaching the lower section of the falls you will have to trek to the falls which I found a little difficult. The view of the falls was amazing. The water fell from a height of 220 meters. The view around was great. There are hotels where you can stay near the falls. The towns of haputala, bandarawela , Ella are filled with hotels in all kinds of budgets for the tourists. I would recommend staying in Ella because that is the most happening place around these areas..


                  

Travel Vlog - Barbeque Dinner At A Private 35 Acre Tea Estate

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Travel Vlog - Barbeque Dinner At A Private 35 Acre Tea Estate

A family friend invited us to his Tea estate to spend the evening
The estate is situated near Hatton, central parts of Sri Lanka. It's a 35-acre private tea estate with a guest bungalow. They have organic vegetable farms, many fruit trees, and a big pond that is currently under construction. There is a small waterfall to bathe too.
The food was delicious with items like chicken barbeque, sausage barbecue, rice, dhal, tin fish curry, roti, etc..

                       

15000+ வருடம் பழமை வாய்ந்த சிவலிங்கம் சிலை - 15000+ Years Old Siva Lingam Statue - 200th Video - Travel Vlog

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15000+ வருடம் பழமை வாய்ந்த சிவலிங்கம் சிலை - 15000+ Years Old Siva Lingam Statue - 200th Video - Travel Vlog

Temple Location where the Statue is kept ; https://www.google.lk/maps/place/Rathneswaram+Sivan+Kovil/@6.6792549,80.4055491,19.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ae3bf0b0f14eadb:0x9b0868f97e85b667!8m2!3d6.6792039!4d80.4068246

Over a conversation with Mr.Mahesh of Mahesh Gems, he told me that three years back they found a lingam structured stone that was discovered while mining for Gemstones. so I met Mr.Arunachalam the temples ex-president where the statue is presently kept, and had a discussion with him.

And so an idea for my 200th video was born.

It so happened in the village of karapincha, 7 km from Rathnapura in Sri Lanka, the men while mining for gemstones happen to find this statue at 60 feet depth.
They brought the statue to the surface by using bocklin trucks. When Mr.Arunachalam heard of this, he went to the spot with the temple priest and they knew it was a lingam. They made arrangements for it to be taken to the temple at Ratnapura.

Mr.Arunachalam says since gemstones were found above and below the statue, the statue should be more than 15000 years old since a gemstone takes as many years to be formed. He also says that this has to be a lingam statue because there is a round base carved out of the same stone so that the statue can be placed firmly anywhere.

For now, the statue is placed outside the temple and a place for it is yet to be decided.
Few other Gem entrepreneurs suggest that gemstones take more than 15000 years to form and so the statue has to be very much older than that. And for the gemstone to get its colour it takes a hundred thousand (lakhs) of years
So the age of this Siva Lingam statue and its period remains a mystery !!

                              

Buffet Breakfast At Srilanka's Expensive Hotel - The Grand Hotel - Nuwara Eliya

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Buffet Breakfast At Srilanka's Expensive Hotel - The Grand Hotel - Nuwara Eliya
Nuwara Eliya is a tourist destination for many because of its lovely climate and its beautiful view. Nuwara Eliya is situated in the central parts of Sri Lanka.
The Grand is a posh hotel built in the year 1860s, situated in Nuwara Eliya. We booked it on a Bed & Breakfast basis. The lobby was very posh with magnificent interiors. They have a classic bar, pool, snooker area.

They have a tea lounge where a variety of tea is available to be tasted.

The Buffet breakfast was fantastic with both SriLankan and continental cuisine

There were sausages, bacon, bread items, jams, fresh juice, and fruits in the continental menu and items like noodles, chicken, vada, Srilankan roti, Katta sambol, fish curry, idiyappam, appam varieties in the SriLankan menu. The food tasted great.

                        

KATHIRGAMAM TEMPLE - Few Interesting Facts About Kataragama Dewalaya

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KATHIRGAMAM TEMPLE - Few Interesting Facts About Kataragama Dewalaya
In thisvideo , you will get to see the kathirkamam and Chella kathirkamam temple.
Also, you can hear about a few interesting facts about the temple.
I met a temple priest and he said few facts about the temple which you hear. Kathirgamam was the place where Lord Muruga came to worship lord shiva. Here he met Valli, where he fell in love with her.
The specialty of this temple is that there are no idols that you commonly see in other temples. There is a wooden box that contains powerful scripts( in Tamil they are called ENTHIRAM). This box is not shown to the public. It's just a screen with a picture of the Lord Muruga that people worship. The box lies behind the screen and the pooja is done to the box.
There are no mantras or archanai's done here at this temple. The priests cover their nose and mouth and show the fire lamp (theeparthanai) and ring the bell.
Though lord Muruga is a Hindu God, you will notice a lot of Buddhist people coming to the temple and worshipping him. Here in kathirkamam or Kataragama as the Sinhalese say, the temple is not only for the Hindus but the buddist as well !!

                       

Travel Vlog - Ravana falls - Ella - Sri Lanka

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Travel Vlog - Ravana falls - Ella - Sri Lanka

Google maps location;
https://www.google.lk/maps/place/Rawana+Falls./@6.8407071,81.0520596,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ae465f4da800f93:0x1152affae2928682!8m2!3d6.8407018!4d81.0542483

Ravana Falls is my first Travel vlog, So let's get straight to it. I have put together this complete guide of Ravana Falls including how to get there and what to expect! A short 10-minute drive down the mountainside from the main street in Ella is where you will find Ravana Falls. The cheapest option is to jump on a local bus from the Ella bus stop, which will cost you 50 Rupees.
The other option is to jump in the back of a tuk-tuk and the price will be anywhere between 300-500 Rupees.
The falls got its name, because Ravana of ramayanam epic ruled these places. There are a lot of caves here where it it said that Ravana imprisoned Sita, Wife of Rama for a while. Ravana Falls is a 3-tier cascading waterfall that gushes down a rock face, creating rock pools along its path.

It is not recommended by the locals to venture any higher than the first set of falls but there are no signs or barriers prohibiting this, But if you have the risk factor in you , you can venture out even further. There are trails to the side of the falls which leads to the top.

People traveling to Kataragama temple from Colombo taking the hillside route will pass through this falls Altogether an amazing place with a lot of history to Hindu mythology and a great view.

                          

Easy BUTTER CAKE - How To Make Easy & Quick Butter Cake

Easy BUTTER CAKE - How To Make Easy & Quick Butter Cake Ingredients- Flour - 200 gms Baking powder Margarine - 200 gms Eggs - 4 sugar vanilla essence

preparation- Mix the butter or margarine with sugar and beat nicely. Then add the eggs one by one and continue beating. Then add the flour & baking powder mixture slowly while beating. Convert the mixture to a greased pan. preheat oven. Bake for 200 degrees Celcius keeping the tray down to the heat roads, then bake for 10 minutes at 200 degrees Celcius keeping the tray top to the heat rods. Every oven will differ in timings. so you have to find if the cake is baked by inserting a stick into the cake.

                           

ALUTHKADE STREETFOOD - Excellent Street Food Varieties At Aluthkade , C...

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ALUTHKADE STREETFOOD - Excellent Street Food Varieties At Aluthkade, Colombo - Sri Lanka.
Google Maps Location ;

https://www.google.lk/maps/place/Aluthkade+streetfood/@6.9378424,79.8608412,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ae2591d2a7640e7:0x377856183e838e81!8m2!3d6.9378371!4d79.8630299
Aluthkade is an area near Pettah, Colombo - Srilanka. This particular street in Aluthkade is famous for street food.

All the shops are open at around 7 in the evening. Items like the chicken barbecue, sandwiches, burgers, submarines, shawarmas, juice items, and a variety of non-veg dishes can be found here.

The food variety is so tempting that an evening wouldn’t be enough for you. Visiting here with a group of friends are family is so much fun, so that you can try to taste a variety of dishes.

You can also jump from one shop to another to try out the varieties. Weekdays are lesser in-crowd.

If you are coming on a vehicle, it is better to park them in the nearby street. This particular street is crowded and wouldn’t be suitable for a vehicle.

An excellent place for food lovers to enjoy the evening.

                         

Tamil Style Non-Veg Lunch At Colombo - New Murugan Cafe

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Tamil Style Non-Veg Lunch At Colombo - New Murugan Cafe
Google Maps -
https://www.google.lk/maps/place/New+Murugan+Cafe/@6.9400518,79.8521708,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ae2597e5acd37f1:0x8d21c978467281e1!8m2!3d6.9400465!4d79.8543595
New Murugan Cafe is situated on kathereasan street in pettah, Colombo. It is very easy to identify the hotel because the hotel is at the entrance of the street.

They provide lunch as well as dinner here. For lunch rice is available. They have white as well as red rice here. And for non-veg dishes, there are crab curry, fish curry, prawns curry, cuttlefish curry, chicken curry, mutton curry.
All the dishes are prepared in a Tamil style and they tasted great. The only drawback was the rice. They use a rice variety called the 'samba', which has a bland taste. Variety like the keeri samba or the ponni rice would have been better

For dinner, they have idiyappam(string hoppers) and puttu with all the non-veg dishes they have in the afternoon.

                       

FIREWOOD OVEN BREAD MAKING PROCESS - Commercial Bread Making Using Manua...

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FIREWOOD OVEN BREAD MAKING PROCESS - Commercial Bread Making Using Manual Methods & Firewood Oven
This is a place where bread is made using manual methods and a firewood oven. The Owner with over 40 years of experience says that mixing the dough manually with hands and using a firewood oven to bake the bread, gives the bread more taste.

Modern bakeries use machines for mixing the dough and an electric oven to bake the bread.
There are 2 people working in this bakery and they start work at 7 in the morning. They use 75 kgs of maida flour to make the dough.

Four kinds of bread are made in this bakery. The normal bread called 'Atchu paan', which is 60 rs SriLankan money. The road bread which is 15 rs a piece. The sandwich bread which is 60 rs per piece and a bigger roast bread called the 'thatti bread' which is 60 rs

After the dough preparation is done, it is weighed as 450 gms and separated into the small dough. The dough is rolled two separate times before it goes in the bread die. The die is closed using a plate for sandwich bread. This lid prevents the dough rise and hence the sandwich bread is square in shape when cut into slices.
On the other hand the normal bread or the 'attchi paan' , the lid is not put so the dough rises after which the bread is baked.

For the road bread, the dough is weighed into smaller sizes of 180 grams, the dough is applied with margarine and placed in a tray one by one. After which it is baked taken out, separated, and roasted again to bring out the crunchy sides.

The firewood is loaded in the oven the previous day so that the firewood is kept warm and catches fire as soon as they are lit. The firewood is lit around 10 in the morning. After the wood is completely burnt, the hot coal is pushed to the side pit. The oven is hot and ready to load the dough.
After the bread is baked, it's loaded in their van and brought to the town for sales.
These are nonsweet bread and they can go with any spicy curry or butter & jam.
Bread is a major food for the Srilanka. They have it in the mornings as well as night. A good and tasty bread that you should try when you are in Sri Lanka.

                         

Tasty CHICKEN BARBEQUE For Home Delivery At Rathnapura - Sri Lanka - BBQ...

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Tasty CHICKEN BARBEQUE For Home Delivery At Rathnapura - Sri Lanka
You Can contact Nizly For your order- 0766100197
Nizly starts his Barbeque around 6.30 pm and closes at 9.30 pm. The chicken he uses for his barbeque is freshly bought on a daily basis after he receives his order.
So if you are going to make an order for barbeque, you should inform him in advance.
The chicken barbeque he sells come in a package. It contains a chicken barbeque piece, 2 chapatis, or 2 naans with Mayonnaise and chili sauce. which is priced at 350 Srilankan money... This is actually a good price for the meal.
The taste was also good... The chicken was spicy and so was its sauce. A spicy and tasty chicken barbeque.
A nice Rathnapura street food

                    

Srilankan Rice & Curry At Kele Kade - Rathnapura - Srilanka - Authentic ...

Srilankan Rice & Curry At Kele Kade - Rathnapura - Srilanka - Authentic Srilankan Rice & Curry
Google maps location -
https://www.google.lk/maps/place/Kaley+Kadey+Family+restaurant/@6.6853675,80.3970655,19.5z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x3ae3bf10437e7561:0xfccc66128ea44a85!2sKele+Kade!8m2!3d6.6857243!4d80.3973303!3m4!1s0x0:0x7776857c63d6d2fb!8m2!3d6.6854726!4d80.3974567
This restaurant in Ratnapura kealey Kadae is an authentic srilankan resturant.
we get Srilankan style food here. The rice and curry are a specialty here. Though I took chicken rice & curry, my favorite here would be pork rice & curry. The pork portion is good and it tastes awesome.
I usually don't prefer Sri Lankan rice because it is a bit dry and seems half boiled.
But on a whole a good meal with authentic Sri Lankan taste.


                     

Eating Aappam With Katta Sambol At Tea Time - Hoppers For Tea

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Eating Aappam With Katta Sambol At Tea Time - Hoppers For Tea
So it was 5 in the evening and I wanted to have something to eat.. my cousin suggested we have aappam (hoppers). Aappam is one of the tea time delicacy preferred by the Sri Lankan people. Starting from 4 to 6 or 7 in the evening aappam can be found in most of the hotels. At this time of the day, the aappam is hot and crispy. There is normal aappam and egg aappam mostly. The combination for this aappam is Katta sambol, a spicy chili paste sambol.
So we stopped and a roadside shop and had aappam and tea. A good & hot snack for the chill evening.

                      

PAROTTA MAKING - How To Make Layered Soft Parotta In Tamil - Crispy Paro...

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PAROTTA MAKING - How To Make Parotta Quick & Easy - Crispy Parotta Making - Soft Parotta
ingredients -
Maida Eggs
Salt Sugar water oil
Water is added little by little to form a dough. Eggs and sugar mixed water is also added. The dough is soaked in oil for 3 to 4 hours.
Then the dough is made into peada and oiled and kept for 45 minutes.
The peada is flattened and made to a thin layer, rolled
The technique of throwing the dough is to be noted, and with practice, it can be done.
The flattened dough is heated in a Tawa. after about 2 or 3 parotta are heated, its kept together and beaten to make them into layers.
Try it at home and let us know how it came out for you.