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we're now at the place known as the world’s 
end, it's called as Horton plains

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this place is a beautiful place located in 
Sri Lanka and I'm exploring it completely

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if you're visiting Sri lanka for your Honeymoon, 
family getout or picnic

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then this place is an important spot in the 
list

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[Music]

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today we're in Sri lanka for our second day, 
in our first episode

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I showed about the iconic place of Sri Lanka, 
the seven arches bridge

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along with the Ravana's cave

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it was oe of the very few places that gave 
me a thrilling tempo

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add these two places in your bucket list 
if you plan to visit Sri Lanka

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it will give unforgettable experience for 
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today we'll head to another wonderful spot 
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people at all ages for trekking

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we'll trek for 8 Kms around this wonderful 
wildlife sanctuary

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they believe still wild animals are living 
in this place

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but don’t worry! we'll walk in the area which 
is free of wild animals

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I never went to Africa, but when I was travelling 
near this road

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it gives that Africa vibes,

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this is the spot in which you can enter for 
the Hortan plains

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we need to buy the entry ticket at this small 
check  post

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they charge differently for the foreign visitors 
based on their countries

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and they charge 1300 Rs for an Indian passport

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you can see a big car parking after taht 
entrance

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and beyond that we have this small museum 
that tells the story about this place

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then we bought our favourite milo drink from 
the nearby canteen

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then I started my trekking

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so our current spot is horton plains

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this place is a plain trekking surface with 
slight up and down terrain

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this is situated in the middle of the wild 
life sanctuary

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this is a special trekking area in Sri Lanka 
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Foreigners as well as local people will do 
this trekking on weekends

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we're at the same place and

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after seeing that train station that cave 
gave me wonderful experience and feel

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now we're at horton plains, and at the start

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you can notice that they're not allowing 
plastics similar to the Aghastiyar koodam

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so they advise us to throw away even a small 
bit of plastic

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and they're allowing only after checking

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I bought few snacks from the canteen near 
to the car parking

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I bought milo too! which is my favourite

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they also advised us to throw that away after 
drinking

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so this is a wonderful area and I started 
from there, the main office

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so it will have small museum for the visitors 
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beyond that you can continue on this way

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this trek's length is 9 Kms, they say about 
a spot called world's end

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that means, clear sky as it looks right now

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if you look from that spot on a clear sunny 
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you can see the sea, that's why they’re calling 
it as world's end

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apart from that spot, one waterfalls area

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is also there, I’ll see that after seeing 
it from many videos

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so I wanted to try this trek, that 9 Kms 
includes the up and down trip for this trek

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entrance fee for a person is 1300 Rs, I guess

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that's for maintaining the wildlife sanctuaries

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and for developing the tourism board

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they gave the route via the map at the start 
and I'll follow that for the rest

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this path is awesome and

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I'm excited to see this place

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after starting the trekking, we have two 
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you can choose wither of that

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starting from the left and moving to right 
is believed to be easy, but all are same

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I saw one small flower on this way, that's

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the national flower of Nepal, it's name is 
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it was so beautiful and along the way

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I can see many small bushes and big trees, 
from this that red flower was highlighted 
to my eyes

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due to it's colour, I told about that diversion 
right?

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I can see a small camp side near that, we 
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but you need to bring your own tet materials

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to get permission, you need approval from 
Colombo's main forest department!

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you need to have that permit to stay here

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so if you wish for any adventure, try that 
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there are many species here

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specifically birds, there are many types 
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and this place, that plain may look like 
normal plain surface

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but suddenly this path changes, it's like 
an entrance

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and this place also have drastic change in 
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I never went to Africa so far, but seeing 
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gives that African vibes!

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Kudos to British people, who discovered this 
wonderful place

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they also responsible for changing the name 
of this place

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Maha eliya Thenna was the original name of 
this place

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then British governor of this place Sir Robert 
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changed this place named after him, as Horton 
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as I previously said, the temperature is 
changing after entering inside. They explained 
it clearly in a board

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like due to many trees like this

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our world's temperature is in control and 
we can cool the earth with these trees only

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they explained it here, in winter times

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this place will go to 0 o negative in degrees, 
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this is a dense forest and it won’t allow 
heat inside

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with these shade, this place is so cool and 
if I faced any small breeze it's so chill

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that feel is so amazing!

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this is our path and we traveled almost 2 
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total trek is 9 Kms and every 5-10 minutes

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this terrain is changing so that's the

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Speciality of this horton's plain

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after that shadow spot this one is a rocky 
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it's good, isn’t it?

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they had this information as well, this place 
has a purple faced monkey and it's another 
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bear monkey and it looks like a bear

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it's on the extinction list, they said there 
are 15 males from their species are living 
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and if you witness any one of them it means 
you're lucky

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it was mentioned there too, let's see if 
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those purple faced monkeys!

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to remind us the difficulty level of each 
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they have this wonderful signs,

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I liked the fact, they have difficulty level 
boards like easy, moderate and hard

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and currently

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we're on the hardest way among this trek

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as you can see rocks are making an uneven 
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we came via this path only and look

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at the scenery isn’t it beautiful

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all age people are going here, so don't fear 
if you wish to hike

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your whole family can do this including your 
grandma as I saw many

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so it will be very useful for us to clear 
our mind

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and if yu want to forget something or think 
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do visit with your friends and family

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it has national parks here for that

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it was an ordinary place but the white British 
people used this place for hunting

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this place was located at the center of the 
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it was never marked in old maps, then in 
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noticed this palce and spotted this on map, 
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people will take rest here before going to 
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and our current path as well as previous 
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were accessed by horses only

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we can see little world's end here

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[SPEAKER NOISE] if we visit there then

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we can get that scenery which will give great 
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it's similar but much better here

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and clouds and small villages looked like 
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this spot offered a great view,

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trekkking companies are bringing many small 
kids as it's like an exhibition

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we have seen the mini world's end, and now 
we're heading to great world end

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if you see from this place

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what can I say... it's like visually mesmerising

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it's that kind of feel! just look at this 
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drone is restricted in this area, otherwise

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I would have shown the beauty of this place

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look there, the valley follows well and blue 
sky is like a screen!

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and it's great, I’ll witness this for 10 
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I'll enjoy and leave! this air is superb 
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it's like a breeze with shower like spraying 
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and it sprays on my face and body,

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it's a very good feel and refreshing!

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I guess spending some time here will be beautiful

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I almost walking for 20 minutes and not feeling 
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as I said this trek can be done by all age 
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and many things can be observed from here

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that's the biggest thing with this green 
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I'm following the path with this wonderful 
song 'Moongil Kaadugale' which suits our 
current vibe

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Greater world's end, I hope it's very near 
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come let's walk with this song!

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[Music]

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so after that 20 minutes walk this is the 
end spot

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Greater world's end as this board reads

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they carved on this stone too

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we can see the end of the sea level too from 
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if we don't have any clouds like this

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as usual the view and breeze is so nice from 
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from here we'll continue to

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Baker's falls, as I previously mentioned 
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we'll walk in this slanted path

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we'll walk with a mesmerised mind in this 
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let's go, guys!

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each and every place at Horton's plain is 
photogenic scenery

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you can take good photos at any angle and 
anywhere around here

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that kind of backgrounds are available

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regardless of your looks, you’ll look beautiful

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we can’t expect sceneries like this everywhere, 
look at this plants

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They’re different and I have seen them but 
never this close

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they're like hedgehog's spikes or our summer 
cutting hairstyle!

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this scenery again looks like an open field

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this scenery is usually present in scotland 
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so they told about that but

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now only I'm witnessing this

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one small bridge is there, I hope the view 
will be better there

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we can expect many things in Sri Lanka trip, 
like this changes in terrain

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you may saw tea plantations and suddenly 
you'll see a hill

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and you may see another type of hills and 
suddenly moves to a plain ground

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so each day will feel unique and I guess 
the local people are the luckiest

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to live in a place like this, look at this 
bridge which is nice to walk!

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I heard the current sound and looked for 
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this is the small current of water hidden 
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I can't see anything among the plants, I'm 
enjoying this trek so far

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I never eneded any trek with a same mindset

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as I will face many obstacles, this one is 
very normal

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but still I have the same mindset when I 
started this trek

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we have seen the world's end, next

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we're walking towards a falls, we can’t bath 
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but you can get a cinematic experience from 
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this is the Baker's falls and this is one 
of the special spot in this whole trekking

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this also looks so beautiful

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we have this bridge like structures where 
visitors can sit and enjoy the view of the 
falls

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this place is nice and the water drizzle 
splashes on the face gives new experience

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this waterfalls is the crucial element for 
this eco system

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as water flows it's utilised by all plants 
and species around here

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so their survival is based on this and it's 
mentioned in a board too

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now we have seen baker's falls and

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we're returning via this side, we're almost 
at the end of the trekking, indeed we're!

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in 1 kms we'll reach that main office

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from my experience I can tell this is suitable 
for all kind of ages

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from young children to elders, this place 
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so if you want to spend time in Sri Lanka 
for picnic, honeymoon or outing

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then this is an essential spot to visit

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this terrain is the only hard part which 
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we may face some struggle,

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after this trekking we'll head to next beautiful 
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this is a great experience guys and

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my mind thinks, why can’t we focus on the 
beautiful things in life?

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I'm getting that mindset now

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Everyone will get a view like this

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so we're at the end of the Hortan's plain 
and this also serves as the starting point 
where they checked our bags

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in morning it was so sunny and

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now it's so chill with this misty atmosphere

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I think this is the changeover, which turned 
the beauty of the place drastically!

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it's good isn’t it?

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this video ends here and after this

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we'll see many different places upcoming 
videos and I have 3 more days here

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to learn more about our next exploration 
spots, don’t forget to watch upcoming videos

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[Music]