Ella is a quaint and tiny colonial village in the hill country in Sri Lanka and it’s our favourite place on our trip thus far. The climate is cool and perfect and the hill country in general is stunning with its huge rolling hills filled with giant pine trees, waterfalls, steep cliffs and tea plantations. We are only supposed to spend two nights in Ella but we end up staying for four. 
We start off each day with a big Sri Lankan breakfast (a meal Vic and I are addicted to) consisting of string hoppers (patties made out of noodles), roti, hoppers (sort of a thin roti made with egg), coconut sambol (coconut mixed with onion and various spices), dahl, fish curry and tea/coffee. We then spend the morning and afternoon trekking and exploring the hill country, climbing up various peaks, cliffs and waterfalls.
In the evening, we come back for a big traditional dinner consisting of rice and chapatis, accompanied by 5-7 curry and vegetable dishes.
On our last morning, we depart Ella on the cutest tiny toy train, travelling ever so slowly across the beautiful hill country with each little train station we pass reminiscent of what you would you would have pictured to see on a postcard in 1940’s England.
