Hiking Experience

Nuwara Eliya, Srilanka
(Dec 2009)

My friend Lola V (who is very adventurous) wants to show us around at the The Lover's Leap Falls. For someone like me who gets easily tired was not very happy with her idea to visit there (plus the fact that I've seen some beautiful falls in the Philippines it's like I just thought it's boring to go). But at the back of my mind there is this thing that says...what if I didn't go and when they show me their photos of the falls were beautiful? Gah' I can't imagine the thought I will be left behind :D

So from Hakgala Botanical Garden our driver took us and dropped us off at the foot of the hill. I prepared my camera but still thinking twice if I really should climb up. With Lola V's convincing power I was like?! Uh oh! Let's go! So there. We started walking towards the pathways of the falls with just our slippers, lol! (my cousin Langga was on with the idea and well I got no choice as I don't want to be left with the driver). It was impromtu decision to hike.

Lover's Leap Falls is situated in the southern slope of Mt. Pidu and is 100ft high. For someone like me who is very inexperienced and who is very much unfit to such thing, had to stop many times (lost counts actually!) but got very determined to reach the peak with what Yvonne was narrating about the place according to its legend. It was said to be two lovers defied their families and immersed themselves into the falls to be united for eternity when they were chased by them.

For a beginner like me on this, it really felt great when I finally reached at the top. The scenery was pretty nice looking down (especially with the cold temperature during that time) and see the whole view of the town but when we were there, there were young boys who were drunk and kept asking for our names. We were very pissed off that we were not able to stay longer as much as we would love to and enjoy the view. We immediately went off but thankful for the experience I didn’t expect I’d enjoy.

If you happen to be in the area and would like to try something new probably you give hiking a try (good for beginners like us! worth the try for me). But if you plan to go there you better have a male companion with you. Especially that this place seem to be not given much attention as a sight or attraction (just my observation referring to the intoxicated boys there, dangerous for me especially when you’re up above, coz honestly I don't want to plunge myself into the falls in case they do something bad!)...I mean seriously! :D

P.S

Posted something like this in my TB account =)