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Hakgala
Botanical Gardens
For our Nayabedde children, August is a school holiday, and our excursion certainly provided the highlight of their break, and a rare opportunity to escape their home village. We are grateful to Adele Fraser from the UK for providing this fantastic opportunity and memorable day for our Nayabedde children! -and to each of their OSI sponsors for their fantastic lunch. Photos We departed from Nayabedde school by hired bus at 8:30 am. After lots of snacks and juices on the bus, and a scenic ride through upcountry Sri Lanka, we arrived at Hakgala at 10:30. We spent three hours wandering the spacious gardens at our leisure and taking lots of photos in the beautiful surroundings. The weather seemed to alternate constantly between burning alpine sun and sudden mist as errant clouds collided with the mountain, but this we thoroughly enjoyed. At about 1:30 we finally left the gardens, thoroughly exhausted. We enjoyed a ride around nearby Lake Gregory, and lunch on a grassy stretch by a stream. We danced and sang on the bus all the way back to Nayabedde, arriving at about 5:30pm.
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Our
first trip for our Nayabedde children was to beautiful Hakgala Botanical
Gardens near Nuwara Eliya. The Gardens are a relic of British
colonial times, but are yet neatly maintained, and their age only adds to
their natural beauty. Acres of alternating trees, lawns, and
beautiful flower gardens, interlaced by countless stone trails in every
direction, every step providing a new beautiful scene. The gardens
lay on the slopes of one of the highest peaks in Sri Lanka, and their
varying nature is augmented by weather which can go from sunny to misty to
sunny in a few moments.
