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The Hike of My Life-4 Days in the Knuckles Range:Day 3

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(From Bambarella through Kalupahana along Kalu-ganga to Rambukoluwa and Pallegama) Continuing from  The Hike of My Life - 4 Days in the Knuckles Range:Day 2 Day 3 The morning was cold, way colder than the night. After having a little breakfast, some crackers with cheese and coffee, we set out around 8 a.m., heading for the place where the trail branched off to two just after passing the tree-trunk bridge. The previous day, we tried the trail to the right. Since it did not give us much hope, our only chance was to try the trail to the left. The set of waterfalls, including Doowili Falls, belongs to Kalu Ganga, the river flowing northeast, initiating from the middle of the Knuckles Range. So our decision was based on pure logic; just follow a stream that would eventually lead us to the river and that is exactly what we did. Although the trail got lost, we kept pushing forward, descending, following the sound of the streams and eventually found the starting point of a stream that gr