Haputale, Sri Lanka

Took several long painful (no leg room or sitting on top of the engine) bus trips to arrive at Haputale, which is nestled in the hills. We checked out Dambatenne tea factory which was previously Lipton. Had a tour and saw the processes used to produce tea, and had a taste test at the end. We also went for walks and enjoyed the town. We tried wood-apple (yuck-Manda) and butterfruit (actually avocado).
Haputale is a lovely place with a nice small-town feel about it.
We left by train to travel to Hatton and on towards Adam's Peak. It was a 3hr standing train trip, but we were kept entertained by a group of guys on a work trip. They played drums and sang, also getting us to try their arrack (a strong alcohol distilled from toddy which is tapped from coconut palms) and dried fish cubes. They convinced Darren he had to sing a song, but Manda begged off with a fictitious sore throat. Caught a bus to Muskelliya & then another to Adam's Peak. Arrived at the Green House, had a lovely dinner and then went to bed early in preparation for our hike up Adam's Peak.