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we're now at the place known as the world’s end, it's called as Horton plains
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this place is a beautiful place located in Sri Lanka and I'm exploring it completely
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if you're visiting Sri lanka for your Honeymoon, family getout or picnic
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then this place is an important spot in the list
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today we're in Sri lanka for our second day, in our first episode
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I showed about the iconic place of Sri Lanka, the seven arches bridge
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along with the Ravana's cave
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it was oe of the very few places that gave me a thrilling tempo
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add these two places in your bucket list if you plan to visit Sri Lanka
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it will give unforgettable experience for you
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today we'll head to another wonderful spot which suits
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people at all ages for trekking
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we'll trek for 8 Kms around this wonderful wildlife sanctuary
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they believe still wild animals are living in this place
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but don’t worry! we'll walk in the area which is free of wild animals
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I never went to Africa, but when I was travelling near this road
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it gives that Africa vibes,
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this is the spot in which you can enter for the Hortan plains
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we need to buy the entry ticket at this small check post
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they charge differently for the foreign visitors based on their countries
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and they charge 1300 Rs for an Indian passport
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you can see a big car parking after taht entrance
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and beyond that we have this small museum that tells the story about this place
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then we bought our favourite milo drink from the nearby canteen
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then I started my trekking
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so our current spot is horton plains
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this place is a plain trekking surface with slight up and down terrain
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this is situated in the middle of the wild life sanctuary
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this is a special trekking area in Sri Lanka as
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Foreigners as well as local people will do this trekking on weekends
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we're at the same place and
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after seeing that train station that cave gave me wonderful experience and feel
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now we're at horton plains, and at the start
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you can notice that they're not allowing plastics similar to the Aghastiyar koodam
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so they advise us to throw away even a small bit of plastic
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and they're allowing only after checking
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I bought few snacks from the canteen near to the car parking
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I bought milo too! which is my favourite
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they also advised us to throw that away after drinking
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so this is a wonderful area and I started from there, the main office
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so it will have small museum for the visitors and
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beyond that you can continue on this way
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this trek's length is 9 Kms, they say about a spot called world's end
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that means, clear sky as it looks right now
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if you look from that spot on a clear sunny day
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you can see the sea, that's why they’re calling it as world's end
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apart from that spot, one waterfalls area
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is also there, I’ll see that after seeing it from many videos
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so I wanted to try this trek, that 9 Kms includes the up and down trip for this trek
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entrance fee for a person is 1300 Rs, I guess
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that's for maintaining the wildlife sanctuaries
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and for developing the tourism board
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they gave the route via the map at the start and I'll follow that for the rest
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this path is awesome and
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I'm excited to see this place
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after starting the trekking, we have two separate paths
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you can choose wither of that
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starting from the left and moving to right is believed to be easy, but all are same
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I saw one small flower on this way, that's
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the national flower of Nepal, it's name is Rhododendron
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it was so beautiful and along the way
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I can see many small bushes and big trees, from this that red flower was highlighted to my eyes
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due to it's colour, I told about that diversion right?
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I can see a small camp side near that, we can obtain the permission to camp here
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but you need to bring your own tet materials
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to get permission, you need approval from Colombo's main forest department!
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you need to have that permit to stay here
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so if you wish for any adventure, try that option!
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there are many species here
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specifically birds, there are many types of them
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and this place, that plain may look like normal plain surface
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but suddenly this path changes, it's like an entrance
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and this place also have drastic change in temperature
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I never went to Africa so far, but seeing this
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gives that African vibes!
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Kudos to British people, who discovered this wonderful place
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they also responsible for changing the name of this place
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Maha eliya Thenna was the original name of this place
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then British governor of this place Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton
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changed this place named after him, as Horton Plains
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as I previously said, the temperature is changing after entering inside. They explained it clearly in a board
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like due to many trees like this
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our world's temperature is in control and we can cool the earth with these trees only
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they explained it here, in winter times
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this place will go to 0 o negative in degrees, as you can see
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this is a dense forest and it won’t allow heat inside
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with these shade, this place is so cool and if I faced any small breeze it's so chill
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that feel is so amazing!
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this is our path and we traveled almost 2 Kms
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total trek is 9 Kms and every 5-10 minutes
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this terrain is changing so that's the
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Speciality of this horton's plain
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after that shadow spot this one is a rocky path
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it's good, isn’t it?
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they had this information as well, this place has a purple faced monkey and it's another name is
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bear monkey and it looks like a bear
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it's on the extinction list, they said there are 15 males from their species are living here
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and if you witness any one of them it means you're lucky
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it was mentioned there too, let's see if we can see any
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those purple faced monkeys!
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to remind us the difficulty level of each terrain
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they have this wonderful signs,
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I liked the fact, they have difficulty level boards like easy, moderate and hard
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and currently
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we're on the hardest way among this trek
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as you can see rocks are making an uneven path here
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we came via this path only and look
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at the scenery isn’t it beautiful
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all age people are going here, so don't fear if you wish to hike
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your whole family can do this including your grandma as I saw many
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so it will be very useful for us to clear our mind
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and if yu want to forget something or think about new things
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do visit with your friends and family
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it has national parks here for that
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it was an ordinary place but the white British people used this place for hunting
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this place was located at the center of the Sri Lanka so
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it was never marked in old maps, then in 1862 general Fraser
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noticed this palce and spotted this on map, in that time too
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people will take rest here before going to pilgrimage on Adam's peak
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and our current path as well as previous path
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were accessed by horses only
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we can see little world's end here
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[SPEAKER NOISE] if we visit there then
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we can get that scenery which will give great view
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it's similar but much better here
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and clouds and small villages looked like cloud bed
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this spot offered a great view,
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trekkking companies are bringing many small kids as it's like an exhibition
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we have seen the mini world's end, and now we're heading to great world end
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if you see from this place
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what can I say... it's like visually mesmerising
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it's that kind of feel! just look at this valley
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drone is restricted in this area, otherwise
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I would have shown the beauty of this place
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look there, the valley follows well and blue sky is like a screen!
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and it's great, I’ll witness this for 10 minutes
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I'll enjoy and leave! this air is superb too!
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it's like a breeze with shower like spraying mist
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and it sprays on my face and body,
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it's a very good feel and refreshing!
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I guess spending some time here will be beautiful
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I almost walking for 20 minutes and not feeling any tiredness
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as I said this trek can be done by all age group
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and many things can be observed from here
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that's the biggest thing with this green atmosphere
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I'm following the path with this wonderful song 'Moongil Kaadugale' which suits our current vibe
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Greater world's end, I hope it's very near to us
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come let's walk with this song!
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so after that 20 minutes walk this is the end spot
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Greater world's end as this board reads
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they carved on this stone too
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we can see the end of the sea level too from here
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if we don't have any clouds like this
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as usual the view and breeze is so nice from here
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from here we'll continue to
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Baker's falls, as I previously mentioned about that
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we'll walk in this slanted path
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we'll walk with a mesmerised mind in this slopy path
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let's go, guys!
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each and every place at Horton's plain is photogenic scenery
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you can take good photos at any angle and anywhere around here
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that kind of backgrounds are available
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regardless of your looks, you’ll look beautiful
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we can’t expect sceneries like this everywhere, look at this plants
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They’re different and I have seen them but never this close
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they're like hedgehog's spikes or our summer cutting hairstyle!
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this scenery again looks like an open field
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this scenery is usually present in scotland and ireland
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so they told about that but
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now only I'm witnessing this
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one small bridge is there, I hope the view will be better there
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we can expect many things in Sri Lanka trip, like this changes in terrain
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you may saw tea plantations and suddenly you'll see a hill
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and you may see another type of hills and suddenly moves to a plain ground
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so each day will feel unique and I guess the local people are the luckiest
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to live in a place like this, look at this bridge which is nice to walk!
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I heard the current sound and looked for water
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this is the small current of water hidden in plants
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I can't see anything among the plants, I'm enjoying this trek so far
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I never eneded any trek with a same mindset
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as I will face many obstacles, this one is very normal
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but still I have the same mindset when I started this trek
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we have seen the world's end, next
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we're walking towards a falls, we can’t bath here
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but you can get a cinematic experience from here
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this is the Baker's falls and this is one of the special spot in this whole trekking
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this also looks so beautiful
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we have this bridge like structures where visitors can sit and enjoy the view of the falls
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this place is nice and the water drizzle splashes on the face gives new experience
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this waterfalls is the crucial element for this eco system
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as water flows it's utilised by all plants and species around here
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so their survival is based on this and it's mentioned in a board too
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now we have seen baker's falls and
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we're returning via this side, we're almost at the end of the trekking, indeed we're!
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in 1 kms we'll reach that main office
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from my experience I can tell this is suitable for all kind of ages
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from young children to elders, this place is so beautiful!
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so if you want to spend time in Sri Lanka for picnic, honeymoon or outing
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then this is an essential spot to visit
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this terrain is the only hard part which I also faced previously, with this steep
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we may face some struggle,
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after this trekking we'll head to next beautiful place in Sri Lanka
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this is a great experience guys and
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my mind thinks, why can’t we focus on the beautiful things in life?
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I'm getting that mindset now
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Everyone will get a view like this
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so we're at the end of the Hortan's plain and this also serves as the starting point where they checked our bags
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in morning it was so sunny and
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now it's so chill with this misty atmosphere
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I think this is the changeover, which turned the beauty of the place drastically!
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it's good isn’t it?
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this video ends here and after this
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we'll see many different places upcoming videos and I have 3 more days here
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to learn more about our next exploration spots, don’t forget to watch upcoming videos
