Hva som skjer i Ella, Sri Lanka gjennom året

Toppsesong — Hill-country high season, Year-end break i Sri Lanka

• Regel

  Poya days

  1. jan – 31. desStengninger

  Every full moon is a civil holiday across Sri Lanka: shops shut and the sale of alcohol and meat is prohibited. There are thirteen or fourteen a year, so one will land on most trips, and the trains run full with people travelling for it. Kilde ↗

• Regel

  Hill-country train reservations

  1. jan – 31. desBestill tidlig

  Reserved seats on the Kandy to Badulla line open thirty days ahead and the observation carriage goes within minutes in the high season. Unreserved second and third class always has room, standing in the doorway included. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Hill-country high season (15. des – 31. mar)

Toppsesong — Hill-country high season, February break i Sri Lanka

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Poya days (1. jan – 31. des), Hill-country train reservations (1. jan – 31. des), Hill-country high season (15. des – 31. mar)

Toppsesong — Hill-country high season, February break i Sri Lanka

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Poya days (1. jan – 31. des), Hill-country train reservations (1. jan – 31. des), Hill-country high season (15. des – 31. mar)

Toppsesong — Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Sinhala & Tamil New Year break i Sri Lanka

• Helligdag

  Sinhala and Tamil New Year

  13.–16. aprNasjonaldagStengningerMye folk

  The country stops for several days. Trains and buses out of the hill country cannot be booked, and half the kitchens in the village are shut while the staff are home for it. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Poya days (1. jan – 31. des), Hill-country train reservations (1. jan – 31. des)

Rolig — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Sesong

  Cloud in the Ella Gap

  15. mai – 15. sep · vanligvisTåkesesongRisiko

  The south-west wind drives cloud up through the gap for months and the view down to the coastal plain is simply not there on most afternoons. It often burns off before nine, which is why the walks here start early. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Poya days (1. jan – 31. des), Hill-country train reservations (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Poya days (1. jan – 31. des), Hill-country train reservations (1. jan – 31. des), Cloud in the Ella Gap (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Poya days (1. jan – 31. des), Hill-country train reservations (1. jan – 31. des), Cloud in the Ella Gap (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, August break i Sri Lanka

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Poya days (1. jan – 31. des), Hill-country train reservations (1. jan – 31. des), Cloud in the Ella Gap (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — August break i Sri Lanka, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Poya days (1. jan – 31. des), Hill-country train reservations (1. jan – 31. des), Cloud in the Ella Gap (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Rolig — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Poya days (1. jan – 31. des), Hill-country train reservations (1. jan – 31. des)

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Poya days (1. jan – 31. des), Hill-country train reservations (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — Hill-country high season, Year-end break i Sri Lanka

• Sesong

  Hill-country high season

  15. des – 31. marTørrsesongMye folkBestill tidlig

  The driest and by some way the busiest stretch. There is a queue for sunrise on Little Adam's Peak, the Nine Arch Bridge is shoulder to shoulder when a train is due, and village rooms go at several times the low-season rate.

Fortsatt på gang: Poya days (1. jan – 31. des), Hill-country train reservations (1. jan – 31. des)