Visiting Sri Lanka's Highest Mountain Village
good morning from my lovely mountain home stay here in nuwara eliya and yeah i'm about to have breakfast here now i have some some eggs some bread and sri lankan milk rice kiribat and after that we're going on an adventure i was able to organize a motorbike for today and then we are going to visit a village that is on the mountain behind me and that is sri lanka's highest village with over 2 000 metres above mean sea level but first uh yeah i need to fuel up myself with some protein some carbs really looking forward to the milk rice maybe we can try that right away sri lankan milk rice or warm it's still warm or really nice i'm still thinking about the dinner i had here yesterday evening if you saw the previous video you saw the awesome dinner they cooked here for me really nice and by the way the night here was super comfortable the bed was super comfy super nice but it also got pretty cold in the night you also see me wearing a jacket so the fire that you saw that we had here in the room yesterday evening you saw in the previous video was much needed to warm up the room but yeah lovely stay here so far so i also just got this here i think this is maybe some honey to uh pour over the milk rice this is actually the second time that i try sri lankan milk rice and i really love it oh yeah okay let me fuel up and then see on the bike all right let's start the motorbike trip this is the motorbike that i'm going to have for today which i think it's basically just uh the bike of the the neighbor here who is giving me the bike for for the day all right let's see there was an easy start and yeah i think the village is called shantipura or maybe my pronunciation is wrong i'm not sure but it shouldn't be that far maybe like 10-15 minute ride but you know how we do it here we tend to stop along the way pretty often hello hello hello good evening good afternoon good noon at 12 o'clock oh the brakes sound a little bit uh okay let's not think about that everything will be all right so yeah welcome back to the roads and oh the first thing i see is do you see the dark clouds over there let's hope it will not start to rain yesterday it rained a little bit here in the evening but uh let's see not scared of terrain if it rains it rains that will not ruin my experience i'm excited exploring around with my own bike again all right what i will do now is find out the name the exact name oh what is he carrying is that t no it's not t right oh interesting but yeah i'm looking for the right name so that i can ask for the directions without saying the name wrong so i think it's shanti pura there's a shantipura viewpoint which should be somewhere up there ah i see a sign on the right viewpoint so oh okay it's getting steep now yeah you don't always need google maps there are signs here and there no problem oh steep roads i love it that normally means that the views are going to be great in the end yeah i can park the bike and then walk up there okay let's do this ah let's check out the little temple here i think it's pagoda so buddhist temple i can now check it out yeah whenever i see something that could be interesting along the way you know i tend to stop often on my journeys and i see i actually saw this uh pagoda from my hotel or from my homestay ah we have a guardian dog here hello what was the sri lankan word for dog again i learned that in the previous episode bella bala bella something like that and he had a bright white color here that looks pretty nice with the with the dark looking clouds in the background i wonder are these no that's not g right because the whole area here is famous for t but i'm pretty sure this is not tea five dressed biryani oh you make a riyani that's not good oh interesting okay what was the name again please for cooking wow okay interesting okay ah durian fried rice ah you mixed with fried rice yeah ah okay okay it smells very fresh and delicious oh very good okay i can try yeah oh there's a strong taste to it yeah oh okay okay it's really sweetie thank you thank you oh it has very strong taste so i can reckon that if you mix it in in your cooking pan it adds a lot of flavor to the meals the first thing we already learned today learned about a new plant or maybe for you it's not a new plant but for me it was a new plant hello there are the monk here i'm actually wondering because the monks that i saw at buddhist temples in thailand they were always wearing orange colors and the monks i see here you that monkey was wearing like a dark red color so i'm wondering if there's any meaning uh about the colors that the monks are wearing they are wearing orange colors or red colors maybe some of you can explain that in the comment section always happy to uh to read your comments all right we have to make a stop here because we have the official sign here welcome to the highest village hello yes the highest village in sri lanka and it looks nice with the clouds over there so you can really see we are high now and yeah if i remember correctly i think it's 2 300 meters above mean sea level here so uh wow and the air here is pretty nice by the way you it's very rare that you see me in a vlog with a long pants and a sweatshirt but it is needed here it is needed here hello let's see maybe we can stop somewhere to uh to have a drink or a small snack speak with some people it would be lovely maybe a little corner shop or a restaurant i'm not sure if there are like restaurants and shops here let's have a step here ah i think this is also a tea plantation this looks like tea right but there must be a place to drink here as well maybe just a little uh what is it a truck sell something some tea maybe hello hello nobody here hello hello i'm looking i'm looking for t d do you sell t here no no t what what is this dal cookies oh maybe let's try dark cookie ah you yo you make it here okay how much is one dial cookie i would like to try one how much 10 rupees okay let me try it out whenever i try to die quickly before yeah you make with uh just dal chili oh it's going to be a spicy snack yeah okay okay garlic all right i will give you there let me just try it it's very crunchy not so spicy it's more spicy right yeah that's good for me not too much what else is inside just like garlic thank you thank you it's so sweet this one is sweet yeah okay get me let me please uh one as well one like this yeah yeah also 10 rupees 10 rupee uh this one uh 20 okay okay no problem okay okay no problem let me uh finish showing this one you just offered me a seat i can see oh oh lovely oh swooty's duty oh oh it's warm in here oh that's nice because outside a little bit let me see your operation here so this is uh what is this this inside egg potato potato ah okay okay i'm still chewing the dark cookie yeah it's a lot to chew right i have to finish this one first okay oh nice little operation yeah this is your little shop here yes okay so you every day you sell yeah yeah okay okay so yo i'm from germany sure nice country germany but in sri lanka one month already one month and i will stay two more months okay what is the name of this so this movie oh you're very sweet what what is inside here uh coconut coconut honey honey any other mix and this is very delicious very good there's a nice aftertaste to it or something let's see if we can uh try some nice tea here hello he said you are selling tea here how much is one tea here here have a look outside we have little corner shops here typical village vibes stuff is here around of course tuk tuks around as well i love village wipes come on i think they are selling the same diet cookies here oh you also have dal cookies i tried already over there oh no no thank you i try already there the same the same cookies okay black tea okay strutty's duty thank you all right let's enjoy a nice tea here in the village ah what brand is this tea i think this is a lipton iced tea not not iced tea in germany lipton iced tea is very popular but this is a lipton black tea right black tea i think it's just a regular black tea but watch which is good because the temperature here are not that hot oh yeah oh very good good good hello i like situations like this like every day normal life here it's not the truest place just the locals having their normal day here little tea shop these are experiences that i really like i think the people here like to drink their tea is very sweet it's always the tease i had so far were always super sweet i think they they add a lot of sugar here front front right side one kilometer yeah okay okay he just explained me the way to the viewpoint the main viewpoint here from the viewpoint i can see like the whole thing yeah yeah okay okay thank you very much for the team i leave it here yeah okay 30 right yes you can uh invite him one tea yeah one tea for you one tip okay okay have a good day bye bye and i couldn't change so i just invited the friendly guy who explained me or who explained the way to the viewpoint to a tee all right let's see if we can find this viewpoint hello very good very good i'm going to the viewpoint now it's uh he said something about go back this is this way right there ah over there ah the viewpoint is over there oh yeah okay okay okay thank you very much have a good day ah the viewpoint is uh over there i thought it's going to be somewhere here but okay let's go there so i think we have to go here that should be the right direction hello i am in the middle of a tea plantation i think but the views here are pretty incredible um i'm a little bit lost now trying to find a good view hello yeah i can see the people here are a little bit surprised to see a tourist here but check it out i love the vipes here little houses here every house has a little garden attached where they probably grow some plants maybe some fruits hello hello everybody here is friendly towards me that's nice when you when you go to a place like this a very rural place with no tourists or rather low tourist actions and everybody is friendly to you welcoming saying hello smiles to you which makes me feel really welcome here welcomed here and that's a great feeling i love it i got a little bit lost lost in sri lanka's highest village maybe that's gonna be the title of this video but um i think this is more like a main road here at least so i got out of the maze of all the small roads in the houses and i mean do i have to say anything more this is so incredible beautiful here wow sri lanka you can be really beautiful all right i found another pagoda here and yeah you can see all the clouds actually it's getting colder as i'm speaking like every minute i can really feel the temperature drop here and i'm also a little bit worried that it's going to rain soon i mean yeah looks mystical looks nice but also looks rainy ah oh well okay the view here is a little bit blocked by the trees here but that is okay but i really enjoy just to uh right through here the small roads seeing all the surprised faces and welcoming smiley faces that is uh an experience i really love it visiting remote areas see how how the people here living their everyday normal life you know far away from any uh tourist tour groups or something like that just the real sri lankan life you know i love it i love to see that yeah i'm not sure if you can see it on the camera but it's starting to rain so maybe let's see if we can find this main viewpoint here and maybe have a little rest there under some shelter check out the view here already and part of the village is covered into the clouds now with this view in the background that looks amazing right wow i love it a viewpoint there's a sign here oh maybe there's a cafe or something maybe we could have gotten a tea as well hello ah upstairs here okay okay i can park here okay oh we have some uh what is the english names for these birds rabe in germany not sure what the english name lots of them here hello ticket i have to buy tickets how much 100 rupees okay no problem i go up and then i play when i come back okay okay you have tea here yeah see um you have free tea i give you this introduction i included a tea okay can i have a milk tea okay let's get another tea right away why not this is tea area i'm here to try lots of tea wow beautiful view here we can see the whole town of novara ellia which is here a small mountain town on the right side there's even a lake which i haven't seen before check this out we also have a monkey here a monkey on a leash hello hello little guy you look a little bit aggressive this your monkey you have a monkey here yeah monkey what is his name what is his name hello he looks dangerous with his teeth maybe he's a scared of me he's kind of small kid now small kid here yes two months okay your pet monkey pet pet no no no pet hello cute and by the way this is uh the highest mountain in sri lanka right yeah highest power that's over there's the highest mountain in sri lanka which i think is two and a half thousand meters yeah two and a half thousand meters high and actually i was also keen to go up there but the owners of my home stay they told me you need a special permission to go up there because there's also like a military base up there so it's not really uh possible to just drive up there as a tourist that's what i heard yeah let's try the milk tea here i can sit here yes yeah okay oh yeah dal cookie yeah i just hit down there oh thank you thank you silent music in the background okay so no need to pay no need to pay yeah why not just include your ticket yeah but i need to pay the ticket oh you want pay tickets yeah not have to pay the ticket yet all right what a lovely uh stay here lovely viewpoint friendly people in the village and if you haven't seen the previous video where i checked in into my lovely home stay down there then check out the video right here thanks for watching stay healthy stay positive and then see on the next episode ciao guys
2022-02-19 19:40
