Today I rode in to lunch and took the afternoon in the van. It was a hot ride and my GPS told me the full day would have 6000+ feet of climb. I have it showing distances in kilometers and climbs in feet.

We have reached Kandy and will explore here tomorrow as a rest day. We’re at 500m elevation and the next town is 1900m elevation. The original tour plan was to take a train – but Cyclone Ditwah knocked out some tracks so plan is to transfer by bus.

The day starts with bringing our bags to the truck and then breakfast

We cycled briefly along this reservoir

Looking backwards we fortunately could take the cycle path across. Motor vehicles took the road which seemed to have minor flooding

We followed this path along the canal for several kilometers

Bus stop and memorial to a special forces soldier.

Small shrine near lunch

Maurice getting a photo with the kids

Lunch stop. Several short steep hills before this and hot sun had me decide to take the van. It was a tough ride and kudos to those who rode it.

World cup cricket tournament going on. Australia is playing Sri Lanka at a stadium in Kandy about 11km from here. Australians on the trip are excited though may not be able to get tickets.

A few first images of Kandy