So, after our 2hour journey that lasted 4 hours we arrived at Sri Pada, or Adam's Peak. Half asleep we climbed out of the bus and looked at the string of lights heading up into the sky... it was a long way up. The driver found us somewhere to stay that we could check into at any time of the night, so we headed towards the start of the climb.
We walked for about an hour before deciding that the 'lanterns' that we had been told light the path werent going to materialise, but that they were all strip lights. We turned back as we were all shattered having been up since early yesterday morning. 356 steps later we were back at the bus, around 3am, and carried all our stuff to the room. We had two massive double beds between 6 of us, only they were damp.
Sleep time - very cold nightThe phone went at 7am - Sunni (our driver from the elephant day) wanted to make sure our driver showed us the tea plantations on our drive down south.
The door went at 9.30am - someone asking if she could join us in our bus to Matara... we weren't sure what to say, that wasn't what we were expecting having just woken up.
Cold showers all round and we headed down to breakfast - eggs, toast, butter, jam, fruit juice and fruit! Sarah, our new bus-mate, joined us and we chatted for a bit.
Our bus driver was keen to leave, so by 11am he was encouraging us to hurry up and get in the bus! The bus journey was 4 hours... so it lasted 6 hours! We slept, took photos of the views out of the window and sang a few songs. Our journey took us on the new expressway - like a motorway. When joining the road our driver was given instructions on how to use it! It was the smoothest journey so far!
We arrived in Matara and were met by our three homestay families. They took us back to their homes and gave us all dinner, before we all collapsed back into bed after a tiring day of travel.
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