this is the reason we came to Sri Lanka today we'll be riding Asia's most beautiful train
ride from Kandy to Ella and sharing our honest experience. The day is here I can't believe
we're finally about to take this train I think this is one of the big reasons that we actually
came to Sri Lanka this journey is supposed to be really crazy super busy but we read this
hack online that you can actually go to a station before Kandy to try and avoid the crowds a little
bit cuz we're a little bit stupid and we haven't reserved seats it's probably a little bit silly
of us yeah let's see how this goes let's put the bags on and head to the station I think
the station's called like Per... I don't know we just had a chat with our hotel receptionist
and she was super helpful and apparently there is a train at 12 something which doesn't go via
Candy so hopefully that avoids a lot of tourists or other people so let's go see we're going to
go to the railway station called padena just about to get a Tuk Tuk here you ready oh this
hill it's tiing me out oh yeah we go to paraden yeah station station how much railway station
railway station 1,500 she said 1,000 in hotel 1,300 VI okay okay let's go to padena railway
station hopefully about 20 minutes see if we can get tickets it's going to be a chaotic day
it might [Music] be and we've just arrived at per denier Dr Way Station here we are hopefully not
too many people it looks like a very small station who knows what we're doing Ella just Ella 11 okay
yeah second class three three thank you look at these little little old tickets tiny tickets tiny
tickets we just got our ticket so it it's actually 600 00 rupees each which is like £150 and look at
the little ticket you get so small and cool how crazy is that like so cheap for a 7h hour train
journey it's crazy it we're here about an hour early now so we've got some waiting to [Music] do
the reason we've actually come to this station paraden station is because we want to get on the
station before candy so that by the time we get to candy people will get off and we can hopefully
snab some seats but there's no promises on that this train is supposed to be incredibly busy if
you wanted to try and void all the crowds then you actually can take a 1215 train I think from
here and it actually avoids candy which is what the hotel receptionist was on about but
we want to take the Classic Blue Train so we're going to do the real deal here that's why we're
going at the 1115 train I think it is I think this is our train here we go to Ella we go woo
second class this one yeah okay thank you no result this one thank you we're on the
train it's busy it's not too bad it's not too bad I think this is good I've
heard a lot worse here we go oh we got the conductor on our Carriage [Music]
brilliant we just got ourselves seats and we
coming into candy this little trick worked although it's just started to
rain we just got ourselves a doorway which we can hang out of for 7 hours
we just started the journey but it's starting to rain here we go from
Candy as soon as we saw how busy it was we actually gave up our seats
as we wanted to stand kind of sit in the doorway most people who got
on at Candy didn't even get seats and had to just sit on the train
floor thank you thank you thank you
it's so hot I'm an Englishman in Sri Lanka drinking
tissue sweet for [Music]
sure we just arrived at Hatton which where people get off for Adam's Peak um yeah we're
about 2 hours into the journey but it seems to be wiing full isn't it yeah it's going so fast
I feel like this can't be a 7-hour journey we are off leaving Hatton onto the next part of the
journey we started going for a series of tunnels here's the first
one woo wo it's so funny through the tunnels everyone just shouts and screams and it like
echoed it is super loud on this train journey so I'm just going to take you away and talk to
you a little bit about this beautiful Railway Network this journey actually doesn't just
start from Candy it goes from Columbo all the way to badulla this railro was actually
built and designed by the British to transport goods from the highlands in central Sri Lanka
down to Columbo to take it back to Britain and to transport around the world the first
train actually pulled out in 1867 but the whole line was not completed until 192 24
let's go back to the train we just stopped at new Elliot and quite a few people got off a
little bit less busy now but let's enjoy this next part of the journey I think the left side
now should be the best side it's good it's it's good it's great seems unlikely be be I
just got these little nuts for 100 really salt pretty good though salty nuts even better views
we've just come up to this station I'm not sure where but the views are so incredible
views for ages it is so foggy and Misty around here though I think we're about
an hour away from Ella but it is getting so cold compared to what it was like in
candy this is the toilet it is it's very basic it's not super clean but it is what
it is I guess you are on a second class carriage in sh a little tour
of this place obviously a toilet we even got a Thum G and a sink and a beautiful
window who's this
guy stop there let's talk about the booking process for this train journey the best
carriages to be in are the second class and the third class reserved carriages so these
you have to book well in advance because they do book out in these carriages you're
going to have a lot more room you can book the first class carriages but trust me it's
got AC the windows are shut and the doors are shut so it's not going to be the real
authentic experience if you like us and a little bit unorganized we actually booked
on the day as you saw you're not guaranteed a seat especially until later in the [Music]
journey
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we are into our last 20 minutes of the journey and we've actually got seats now because a lot
of locals and other people have we've been standing and sitting that whole journey so
it's been pretty crazy it's been crazy but so cool the is just incredible you hav't
how's the journey for you it's amazing how quickly you get used to something that's so
extraordinary dangerous I better get back on the train yeah quick quickly you don't
want to miss it I am not sure how much you would have heard because it does get quite
loud but this journey is just stunning it has to be one of the most scenic train rides in the
world I must say I am pretty hungry because we haven't eaten anything properly since breakfast
I highly recommend bringing snack bring some other food we actually put our bags in this
Locker kind of baggage storage area pretty early on so we got quite lucky with our bag
space as you would have seen there's a few bits people bring around but there's not really like
proper yeah so you get a little bit of peanuts like Sprites PS mango other little bits but yeah
bring food because you're going to get [Music] hungry our next stop is ever fin here after 7
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hours so around 5:30 we have arrived in Ella town right in the mountains something like a
th000 m up elevation and we're going to walk to our hotel now and let's have a chat about
this incredible train journey okay guys I want to clear up about which side of the train you should
sit in because from Candy to new ellia they all say online that you must sit on the right and
then from new ellia to Ella they say you must sit on the left yes it might be marginally better on
the right or the left but it is very marginal and you will enjoy it if you've got a window if you've
got a beautiful view out the door make sure you share the doors because it does get busy and it's
a beautiful Journey this train journey is a big reason of why you should come visit Sri Lanka one
common misconception is that you don't actually go over the nine Arch Bridge if you're going from
Candy to Ella to take this journey you actually need to get on an Ella and go towards badulla
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