So I’m at the end of a thousand meter hike
up this mountain called Adam’s Peak and right on top of me is this temple with a huge footprint
where some believe is where Adam from Adam and Eve stepped down onto earth
So, we're at the end of our train ride and bus ride and we're in this
small village called Nallathanniya which is at the base of Adam’s Peak and from
here we're gonna hike all the way to the top of Adam’s Peak which we can't see yet
because it's too cloudy and there's a lot of pretty little temples and stuff around here
This place is not only sacred for some Muslims and Christians who often believe that this is
the place on top of Adam’s Peak is where Prophet Adam or Adam put his first footstep on earth. It's
also a very significant monument for Buddhists, especially the Buddhists in Sri Lanka, because
they believe that is Gautama Buddha's footstep and it's also a holy site for a lot of Hindus
who believe that that footstep belongs to their god Hanuman. It's pretty much a sacred site for
people from almost all religions in this part of the world in Sri Lanka. Is this it?
I think we're at our hostel or hotel. Found some dorms in this
not too bad looking hotel and most importantly they have lockers where I can lock my
drones and [ __ ] when we go on the hike. What time is it? 2 35?
Um yeah. Okay it's 2 35 a.m. We're five minutes late but we're about to go on
the hike to Adam’s Peak and we're going 1000 meters up. You see the first steps
A good thing there's shops all the way up the hike. So the goal of this hike or pilgrimage for
most people is to be up there at sunrise. We're hoping to get there by 5 am, an hour before sunrise
This part was super interesting because this guy was offering us a blessing which
we thought was free and we're like okay we'll do it and then he charged us money
so don't get a blessing here unless you want to pay up. We have a third one on the team
This dog's not gonna leave us we hope. So the best part is you can see
the trail lit up by lights all the way up. Steep part has started. We're almost 700 meters up
and we're like 350 meters away so we're taking a break
Not even at the steepest part yet, there's 200 meters left to go
So, for the last part we've to take our shoes off because it's a sacred place. They’re ringing the
bell. So we're in the temple area. I don't know if I can film inside. This is sort of the outside
part. Apparently, every time you make it to the top you ring the bell as many times as you've
climbed it because it's basically a pilgrimage for a lot of people even though it's a hike for us.
We got out of the temple, put our shoes on walked a little bit further down because
it's so crowded up there but it looks really pretty right now and the sun's not even up yet
So, we're seeing the first glimpses of daylight and it's super sick because we
can see these reflections on the water of this lake that's near us
and there's also these clouds on these mountains or hills covered by jungles which I think is
my favorite view of the whole thing. The only thing wrong are these ugly ass lights behind me.
It's kind of ruining the whole lighting here. We made it to the top in 2 hours and 15 minutes
which was way faster than some people said it would take and I’m not even in
the best of shape right now so this is not that bad. It's a thousand meters up but
because it steps it's not that bad. We both agree that it's not nearly as bad as people
say it is. And it's not that cold up here because I’m still in my t-shirt I just had to put like my
jeans on because my legs were getting cold in those small shorts but it's not that bad
We're on the hunt for a better viewpoint
Found this little rock next to the stairs which is I think the best viewpoint we're gonna find today.
It's a hidden gem. I don't want to like encourage people to climb this and then
fall and then they sue me
Beautiful - CHristina Aguilera (modified version)
Sun is finally out. I’m freezing and we're trying we're eating the stuff
which is super freaking spicy. I don't know what it's called. It's spicy for me
It’s not that bad. It was just bad but it wasn't that bad
Just climbed back up the temple to see what it looks like in daylight. It looks pretty sick
and what's even more impressive are these like tabletop mountains I saw on the side
just sticking out of the clouds. I think that must be the coolest
mountains I’ve seen in Sri Lanka. I don’t know what they're called.
Just made it down. It took us two hours and 10 minutes to go to the top and now it took us 2
hours and 25 minutes to get down because our legs are basically jelly and we're walking so slow on
like flat surfaces even and honestly the way down felt worse than the way up because it was longer.
I guess we're more tired and the sun's in our face so we're like sweating the whole way but we're
back and now we're gonna take a Tuktuk to Kandy because there's like nationwide protests about
the political chaos over here right now and all buses and trains are on strike but I think we'll
be fine. Anyways, if you like this video don't forget to hit the like button. If you want to see
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I’m gonna do like slow motion shots of this like you're pointing like inspired.. over there!
there's so much food