To AMBULUWAWA...

 

AMBULUWAWA TOWER

Ambuluwawa Tower can be seen at the top of the hill.

Ambuluwawa is a wonderful place which situated in Gampola. We went a nice trip to climb the Ambuluwawa tower. Of course I had heard of Ambuluwawa but I did not think it was such an amazing place. We went there on March 20 This year. Some of my best friends and their friends joined with us. We took a small bus for our trip. There were about 20 of them all. When we reached the entrance of Ambuluwawa, we had stop the bus there then we decided to go on foot from there.

AMBULUWAWA ENTRANCE

There surroundings are so beautiful and that nature is amazing. The area we passed is richly diverse with evergreen forests, flower plants as well as creepers and lot of endemic plants and also medicine plants. There is a cool mountain breeze in the area due to this reason. We moved forward slowly among them and we captured lots of pictures. That walk was not easy as we thought. At least it had about 03 miles to walk. There were a lot of friends, so sometimes we stopped on the way and somehow we came to the top. 

Way to Ambuluwawa Tower

Here we are😋

At the entrance to the tower we have tp get a ticket again and they check out us in there. Things like helmets, handbags are not allowed for upstairs because that things have fallen down and been damaged before. Ambuluwawa is a large winding tower. It has to climb both inside and outside the tower but after going halfway up, we can only climb from out side. Then we can see such amazing view covered by the mist below. However, once the mist clears off the view can be scary those who have a fear of height. I had never climbed this height before so this was a weird experience for me. I also felt a thrill. As we go up, the stairs gradually narrow. Everyone coming down and going up has to go through those narrow stairs. Although it had a handrail, I was too scared to go that way inasmuch, the mist was gone and the below was very clear. It's very cold at the top. Then my hands were shivering. Ambuluwawa climbing is not dangerous or risky but taking pictures as an adventurous from the top of the tower is very dangerous. We stands in a very small space at the top. It can easily slip and fall down. I think climbing this tower is also dangerous for children. Others can climb this carefully. 

We are well above ground level

It was a Saturday, so there were more people. Then me and my Friends decided to going back without going to upper stair because there situation was a bit dire. 

Ambuluwawa is the first multi-religious sanctuary in Sri Lanka. Pilgrimage elements belonging to all religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Catholicism and Islam have been created here. It was really beautiful.

Other small tower 

There is another small tower in the shape of the Ambuluwawa tower. Also we climbed it. After that we walked back down again. When we go to the bus, we were very hungry and tired. We decided to have our lunch from there. We had prepared rice and so many delicious curries from home. So the lunch was very tasty.

Our journey did not stop from there. Next We went to the Nelligala International Buddhist Center in Kandy. I hope to tell about the Nelligala temple from the next post. Don't forget to visit amazing Ambuluwawa after this COVID-19 situation.  

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