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From Horton Plains to Bogawanthalawa

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Hiking Kirigalpoththa Mountain and the Bridle Trail This hike consisted of two trails: Kirigalpoththa, the famous nature trail, which is also the second highest mountain in Sri Lanka with an altitude of  2388m above mean sea level and the Bridle Trail, which is also famous among hikers and has a history dating back to the colonial era. (Special Permission from the Department of Wildlife is needed to do the bridle trail.) The crew consisted of me and three of my friends. We left Colombo on the night mail train to Badhulla, which leaves at 8 p.m. from Colombo Fort and arrived at Ohiya at 5 a.m. the next morning. From there, we hired a van to go to Horton Plains visitors' center. It was early in the morning, actually we were the ones who woke up the officer at Horton Plains entrance :D We knew that the earlier you go to Horton Plains, the more sambar deer you get to see and of course we did. After passing the entrance, we saw hundreds of sambar deer roaming the plains. Even though