good morning everyone welcome back to Nicole and Mico where we are road tripping around
the beautiful country of Sri Lanka today is our last full day exploring ella but before
we jump on the scooter we're going to have ourselves a traditional Sri Lankan breakfast
all right first thing I've gotta try here dhal and string Hopper look at that
mmm they're so good the curry Leaf tastes incredible I love it when it's got like
lots of Curry Leaf in it and the lentil is cooked to Perfection it like melts in your
mouth it's almost like just like dissolves but it doesn't feel overcooked which is so nice what does
the string hopper taste like the string hopper kind of like vermicelli noodles honestly would be
like the closest thing I could say it's a one of those things that you just pair with anything oh
my god it's so good I am doing the legendary Sri Lankan pancakes when I think of pancake I think
of like something round like a Canadian pancakes with maple syrup but this is like Sri Lankan Style
wow you don't need maple syrup because the inside is sweet enough Filipinos love their very very
very sweet bready things so mico's in heaven okay the last thing I really want to show you guys is
this coconut sambol coconut sambol is very very popular here because coconuts are so common of
course in the region so this is actually like hand ground coconut literally like cut the coconut in
half and then use a grinder to shave out the coconut which is probably why it's so good
mmm so fresh spicy coconutsambol's usually spicy it is so flavorful I feel like the coconut just
like eats all of the spice or something or all of the flavor from the ingredients mmm
this is amazing that is so good wow all right we finished our amazing breakfast and I wanted
to take the opportunity to show you guys around there's actually two bedrooms here this is like
the first front-facing Villa this is where we will be sleeping tonight in this nice humongous
bedroom the views are amazing I love this whole front-facing wall it's just windows and then of
course we've got the spot where we ate breakfast this morning this is probably my favorite part of
this whole property got this beautiful chill out space lots of beautiful colorful pillows
and then this extra like breakfast bar I'm gonna call it right next to the kitchen which is a fully
functioning completely usable kitchen space so I don't know if we'll be doing any cooking in our
one night here but it's nice to know we can but if nothing else we'll make ourselves coffee and
then I'll quickly show you the bathroom which is equipped with hot water again very useful here in
Ella it does get chilly and then up these stairs right here actually leads to the second bedroom
this place is stunning we feel super spoiled that we're going to spend tonight here for our last
night in Ella I should say mico's gone to get gas I don't know if I said that that's why he's
not here but as soon as he gets back we'll be able to start our adventures for the day
so arguably the second most popular thing to do here in Ella after seeing the nine
Arch bridge is to go to little Adam's Peak it's a small hike up and we've just arrived
and got off the bike and there is this like super beautiful I don't think it's
a hotel I think it's just like a swimming pool and looks like a bar kinda like a bar
and pool and maybe it's a hotel I don't know it looks really nice so nice they
are very well placed because I think if you're a tourist in ella you're going to come past here
ouch you okay yeah I'm okay it's good what happened I just rolled it on
a stone it's good did you get that on camera all good nothing to see here
I'm fine you look like you need a Jacuzzi hot tub maybe instead of the hike we're about to
do I should just go there probably a lot easier so the first part of this short hike to little
Adam's Peak is through a Tea Plantation and it's like actually like legitimately through
a Tea Plantation like we could see like workers up the hill here that are carrying like their
tea like sacks yeah that they're collecting leaves with so it's very picturesque and then
also like the dance music in the back you know really that really adds to it
hello hi hello good thank you how are you no thank you
no thank you so we uh got a chance to talk to the some of the tea Pickers and it looks like they're
on uh double duty definitely because they're picking tea leaves and uh it looks like they're uh
also coming up to people and asking them if they want to take a photo with them or of them maybe or
of them for uh for I'm sure like a small tip yeah which is kind of interesting I mean we've seen it
happen before yep I'm sure it'd be a good way to get a get a cool photo in the Tea Plantation but
um get a little extra cash in your pocket from your tea picking day yeah yeah I thought they
were just extra friendly and then they realized and then I realized oh no they're like hello
they're just trying to trying to grab a tip you want a photo like no no whole crew is here sheesh
hey buddy look that one's smiling awe look at him see he's smiling
so part way up the mountain or Hill as you're going to Little Adam's Peak there's also a place
where you could do like absailing and ziplining and a bunch of stuff
and we've definitely seen people do it sounds kind of cool might be a neat way to see like
the hills from a very different vantage point the path is certainly getting steeper now but
at least they have all these really nice stairs to make the whole hill climb experience very simple
it's been quick but it's steep yeah I don't think that was anything of a real hike to be
honest it was quick and easy I feel like we're already so high and look at these amazing views
down over there is like the road that we took to get into Ella and then Ella town is
somwhere over there and that tall tall mountain right there that that point that's Ella Rock
that's a really popular hike to do as well it's a lot longer I think it's what is it a couple hours
three two three hours round trip yeah beautiful view though really good view yeah if we don't
have time for it today but if you're coming to Ella check out Ella rock as well it is beautiful
so the path continues on this way so I think we're gonna head over there and see what's there
we have made it to the top it looks beautiful up here it does the only thing better than these
views is a slimy soggy peanut butter and jelly sandwich with the views with the views we were
spoiled with uh Sri Lankan breakfast this morning but I am excited to have Backpacker lunch yeah
just gotta just gotta keep things Even in our lives you know like find that equilibrium
mmm nice and dry
all right so there are tons of awesome things to do in Ella and we could definitely show
you so many more things to do here the one that we've chosen to show you is something
that we are super excited for there is a dog charity here called dogs of Ella and
we've heard that you can actually go and just like hang out with the dogs I think
they're are probably are a handful of puppies there at any given time so we decided what
better way to kind of finish our time here in Ella than to just go hang with puppies
wow where are we where are we we're just like a few minutes
outside of like Ella's like main area and yet I feel like I've left the city
I guess it's really only a town like we're in like the farmlands that I didn't know were here
hello is this the dogs of ella further okay thank you
all right we have definitely found it I see tons of dogs
thank you thank you
hi everybody hello
all right so we've been walked around by one of the people who started this charity her name is
Jesse she's from Germany she's taught us a little bit about the dogs of Ella they have 35 dogs here
right now and they rescue dogs from all around the Ella area it really is just it's mostly dogs
who are found on the street and really are not doing well either they need medical care
um or maybe they're puppies and they're really needing some food they're not not faring very
well out on the streets maybe on their own or even sometimes with their mom hey guys hello
so we've got so many beautiful dogs here they've kind of sectioned them off into
different quarters like little living quarters just so that the dogs can really of course they
make sure that they get along because dogs are pack animals so they have to be really really
mindful of how they organize the dogs so we're right now with kind of like the teenager slash
young adults these are definitely the more energetic happy excited guys they are full
of energy playing with each other and I think these are probably the Hooligans of the bunch
so Lokoa here is a very good example of a dog that just needed a lot of help and will need help
forever she's got some neurological issues that mean that she does not walk very well so life of
a street dog is not meant for Lokoa she would not do so well out there so she will probably
live at the rescue forever unless somebody adopts her this is Lucy she is definitely Troublemaker
here always starting fights and picking on shoelaces so I guess in the second section
here we've got some some old timers and some long timers I think dogs that'll probably stay
here through their old age because they're already quite old most of them they're very
sweet look at this guy he's a three-legged little brown and white dog he is so cute
so I forget her name but this one back here whose trying to eat my hair um you can see her foot she
actually got it caught in like electrical wiring and it got burnt so one of the big
things that they do here at this charity is of course fix up the dogs when they come in with
injuries and give them all their vaccines because rabies is still a problem here in Sri Lanka oh hi
that's a new one I guess she's been pretty reserved actually she's not new I think she's been
here for three months but she's very very reserved and shy she doesn't come out a lot but hey
maybe we're winning her over she's like there's a video I want to be in it
got booped in the eye
oh you just like getting this Regal bum scratch eh yeah I know see you in a minute
and then of course there's the puppies right now there's two with their mom mom was not
doing well when they first rescued mom and the pups puppies were super super skinny mom
was super super skinny and full of mange but she's doing better she's pretty timid but she's
doing way better and pups are thriving so as you can imagine one of the huge goals of the
charity of the rescue is spay neuter that is obviously really the big solution here to the
street dog problem is spay neuter so they are very very focused on trying to make that work
look look your mom's watching she's not even doing anything mom aren't you gonna tell
them off she's like no you play with them yeah tucker them out please I'm exhausted
so you may be wondering what is like the end goal what happens with all of these dogs because there
are 35 here just right now sometimes they just help them they rehabilitate and then
they're able to put them back on the street with their pack usually the goal is to re-home and
um the owner was sharing with us some awesome success stories of rehoming some of these dogs
even just today they're actually sending two of these dogs to Europe on planes yeah to be with
their forever family so that certainly is the ultimate goal but we had a wonderful time here
if you're looking for something to do in Ella that's a little bit off the tourist the normal
sort of tourist um road then this is definitely the spot for you all right that was the perfect
way I think to end our time here in Ella I'm so glad that we chose to do that for our last couple
of hours if you guys want to support them we'll put a link down in the description below so you
could of course donate if that is something that you really want to do otherwise if you are ever in
Ella we highly suggest going and hanging out the dogs they even offer this like cool like Excursion
where you can just take the dogs on a leash walk them up the mountain go on a little hike see the
hills of Ella and that way too it gets them used to the lead which is very good for their adoptions
tomorrow morning we are sadly leaving Ella and we'll be hopping on the famous Sri Lankan train
ride from Ella to Kandy so make sure you hit subscribe if you want to check out that video
and want to see more videos of beautiful Sri Lanka we hope you enjoyed today we will catch
you guys in the next one thanks for watching it feels like endless the Rolling Hills probably
because I can't actually see that far because of the fog or mist or whatever this is but it does
feel really endless when you're up here and it's making my hair go crazy you look cool yeah yeah