second awara siripa🍁🙏 episode 02

              Second awara siripa🍁🙏 ep 02

The next day the sun rose. We came out of the tent.  It is foggy and cold because there is no rain.  We made hot coffee and drank.  We made noodles, cleaned the shed, and packed our bags.

  For a moment we saw the mist-covered mount  Sri Pada. We entered the "Sripadha Udamaluwa"  amidst the flowers and cold winds as before.. 

We met Raja Aiya, the guard guarding the Udamaluwa  during the off season.  He was talking to us for about an hour.  At this time the doors to the  Udamaluwa  are locked. We worshiped Sri Pada from near the door.

 Then we headed back to the foot of the mountain.  From our accommodation at the foot of the hill we continued on to Idikatupana.  

As we rested on the rocky plateau, we heard a crash a few meters into the jungle.  At the same time I heard the roar of the elephant. We immediately got up from there and started walking down.  A few minutes before we arrived, an elephant was on our way.  We must have heard the sound of that elephant in the forest.  We can still smell it.  We went down with a keen eye on the surroundings.

  On the way we found a leopard poops.  In a short time of about four hours we reached our destination Waranagala. This time we were not interrupted by rain throughout our journey.  However, when we reached Waranagala it rained heavily. We stayed in a nearby shed until it rained less.  It is two o'clock in the afternoon when we get to our bikes. 

 See you on our third trip.