Ella - also called "Ella Gap" - Mindy was coming back from Ampara, Chris was going to Ampara; so Tucker and Adam drove with Chris, and we all met halfway. "Halfway" between Ampara (our east coast office) and Hikkaduwa (southwest coast office), there's this tiny mountain village, Ella. We stayed the weekend at a quaint guest house that's cheap and quiet (untapped by tourists) and offers spectacular views and hiking. Here's the view from the porch: The way transportation panned out, Mindy got there early on Friday (bummer) and spent the day typing quarterly reports and enjoying the view on the porch.
(Above) the view to the right of the guest house.
(Above) The afternoon stormclouds rolled in.


The afternoon stoms roll out... and sunset.



Below, we got up for the sunrise (we also went back to bed after watching the sunrise). We didn't want to miss it -- so... we were a little early.
sunrise 1 "Who told us to get up this early?"
sunrise 2

sunrise 3
sunrise 4
sunrise 5

sunrise 6
sunrise 7, last pic. we refer to this as a "strong pre-game."
The pre-game was GREAT; the actual 'game' - not as spectacular. And no post-game action.

We also hiked... but Tucker has the pictures from those adventures, so we'll have to get them and share that later.