A one day halt in Nuwara Eliya

The journey from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya was unforgettable in my opinion. Lush green vistas interspersed with many gushing waterfalls and lovely winding roads all made for an excellent 3 hour drive! :)

So many waterfalls- the last couple of days this area had seen some heavy rain too which must have added to the number of falls we saw! Every turn of the road we'd chance upon a new water fall!

Sometimes the mist that shrouded the falls high up made it seem like the falls were flowing from the clouds themselves! Ooooh...it was dreamy this stretch of land:

And we chanced upon a small strawberry restaurant among strawberry farms that served us the best desserts ever!! Needless to say we were quite thrilled with this find and polished up as much as we could at this stopover!

After this we drove straight to Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya. We reached by around 12PM and checked on Prana/Manoj- They'd be arriving shortly too. Hungry as we were we headed ot the Indian restaurant at the entrance of this hotel They served up some yummm food at very affordable rates.

At the Indian restaurant

We also managed to order some for Prana & Manoj. Finally they joined us too! It was awesome fun!

After a sumptuous lunch we spent some time talking to our driver Rizvi who was very thrilled to have come from Kandy Villa to this posh hotel where his stay was comfortable and his car would get an impeccable cleaning! :) It was nice to see the pride he took in his work. 

Finally we headed back to our rooms. We had a glorious time chatting up- it seemed forever since Prana & I had caught up in life!! Somehow I guess we women tend to get lost in daily rigmarole of work, family and routine after marriage. It surely is not intentional, bu the emotional nuances of relationships seem to swarm up our daily lives and identities. Of course there's a lot of happiness in it, but the carefree and casual life of before marriage is surely left behind.... Anyways spending this time with Prana was pure happiness and surely this evening made for some amazing walks down our 22 year memory lane! :)
The next day we set off to Yala National Park. I could almost sense AJ's eager anticipation of the 'hunt' for the big cat :D