The train ride was great, very comfortable and wonderfully
breezy with the window clipped up and just looking at the passing landscape.
It’s all straight out of the Victorian era and I felt like I was in a period
drama and it was just delicious. Isn’t it amazing that everything crafted back
then functions so well still? Not like
our throwaway society today! Instills a sense of pride of ownership I should
think – all that character; I’d be proud to lovingly polish the brass and the
wood counters too………….
Everything ran to time and despite the Lonely Planet guide
stating there is a 3 hour wait with the switching of trains at Gal oya it was,
in fact, just a 15 minute wait before we made tracks again onto Polonnowaru.
The first 2 hours I virtually had the 2nd class carriage all to
myself but on the last hour of the journey I shared it with a carriage full of
school children and their teacher and
they were very excited to practise their English on me. It was a good trade off though as they plied
me with food from their lunch packs – biscuits and savouries which were yummy –
and I’d gone without breakfast so it was very welcome. Also was very sorry not
to have my camera ready quick enough to photograph a warning sign for ‘Beware Elephants
crossing’
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