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Dickoya

We arrived into Hatton train station after what turned out to be our last train ride through Sri Lanka’s picturesque tea plantations.

Our hotel had a game of Carrom in the lobby which Elliot particularly enjoyed playing. Both kids played a little with the children of the owners here too – Elliot tried cricket for the first time, but wasn’t impressed!

Our few days here were quite wet with some fairly heavy rain and thunderstorms. These were usually in the afternoon and evening, but our room had a covered balcony so we could sit and watch it pass.

Dickoya was our final stop in Sri Lanka, and the home town of Nisharth whom we had met in Pasikuda. He kindly showed us around some of the sights here, using local buses to get around. Having Nisharth as a guide gave us more of an insight into how the locals live and get around, and some of the food they enjoy too (we met his cousin and mother – who cooked us local sweets and savouries)! Jessica was exactly the same height as Nisharth’s mum, a fact she found quite amusing. There were lots of hugs and lengthy goodbyes when we had to leave – they are such lovely people!

We visited Devon waterfalls and St Clair waterfalls as well as a local river to swim (it was really cold) and then it started to rain, and the leeches came out and started feasting on me!

We attempted to visit Norton church, but by then it was raining hard and the church was shut for security reasons. So we waited what seemed like a very long time watching full buses pass us by before squeezing onto a bus back to Dickoya.

We went from Dickoya directly to Colombo airport to catch our flight to Bangkok – goodbye Sri Lanka, we had a fantastic time!

6 thoughts on “Dickoya”

    1. Hello Nisharth! Of course we remember you. You made our stay in Sri Lanka very memorable and looked after us very well. Please say hello to your mother from us all!

  1. Well you’ve certainly had an interesting time in Sri Lanka, have loved the blogs and photo’s once again.

  2. I love the bus station! A real metropolis! And the “children of the Raj” having their afternoon tea!
    Very friendly locals, once again…..certainly makes for a more interesting time.
    Careful Jessica….you may soon be getting as tall as Grandma V !

  3. A really nice , and interesting, read. You obviously had a good time there and gained some lasting memories.
    Seems a great country to visit

  4. Sounds a really memorable visit for all of you. Your blog has certainly brought your adventure to life – the photographs have helped to provide perspective and offer clarity. Glad that all of you retain rude health – hope that Jessica & Elliott have had time to continue their education. Little mention made of that but probably that’s to come…

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