25 August 2019
We leave Kandy today for Nuwara Eliya. For this leg, we are catching a train from Kandy to Nanu Oya which is the closest station to Nuwara Eliya. Our guide will be dropping us off at the station in Kandy and will meet us at Nanu Oya.
We had a hearty breakfast at the hotel. I asked for a Sri Lankan meal for breakfast and they brought out a good spread. I had Sri Lankan milk rice called Kiribath. It is prepared by cooking rice in coconut milk. I also had roti, hoppers and string hoppers which were accompanied by various curries and sambols.
We left the hotel at about 10:15am to catch the 11:10am train.
The train arrived late at Kandy and left about 30 mins after scheduled departure time. There was a train that got derailed the previous day and crews have been repairing the track. This made all trains on that line run late. We arrived 90 mins late at Nanu Oya. However, we made it in time for high tea at the Grand Hotel. This was the highlight of the entire trip for Dianne. It was damn good tea too. We had unlimited servings of cinnamon tea which was delicious. We were also served in a three plate tier of hot savory, cold snacks and dessert of a few varieties. All this came with a princely price of about A$12.35 per person.