Bible Rock- "chasing the sun-Av"

Nilesh the Master planner approached one of his amateur guides he knew of to take Rebbbeca and Anthony, his wonderful Guest on a hike, this so happened to be Me. And as Usual I was up for it. Rallying a band of three which included Niru and osanda we headed our way up to kandy in the hopes of uniting with the rest of the hikers the next morning.

We went up to kandy by train Winding its way through mountains passing  paddy fields and in through Long tunnels, we soon reached Kandy and having refresh ourselves I had to leave Niru and Osanda to go for Choir Practices during that they went on a small trek in the Jungle of Udawatha kale. They later informed that they were able to see a few birds, wild bores and quite a many insects which also included a scorpion which was apparently going to have a taste of Niru’s foot, Having spent the night at my Grandparents house we woke up early the next morning  in order to unite with the rest of the Hikers, we soon met each other and started our Journey in the hopes of conquering bible rock, having climbed bible rock couple of times before I knew this was an easy hike, knowing  that many of us had quite a bit of experience  down our belt it was easier for me to lead the way.

Sun Rise on top of  Bible Rock

Ah yes this hike I was in charge! Lol but I was under a little bit of pressure as I knew I could not disappoint Rebecca and Anthony, after driving our way through the dark windy roads we came to what I believed the starting point, before we began I called out every one’s attention and asked them whether they are all ready to go up the more challenging route, Wow what a response I got everyone was quite happy to go up the more challenging route, it was even more challenging when we realized that we had to do our hike in the dark I  totally forgot to bring a torch or to tell others to bring one, but Luckily Anthony and Rebecca had two fairly powerful torches with that and a couple of more torches from phones we started our hike up The Bible Rock.



Yes I was in charge!! And my dearly loved friends followed each of my footsteps which included both the wrong way and the right way up hehe. Since I this was only my second time up this particular trail I found it difficult to find it in the dark but we soon managed ourselves to fall in the right trail after which I let osanda lead the way through the somewhat thick Jungle area, I have to say everyone did well very specially JD who hiked up with ease, and the two ladies being no different from the rest, Nilesh and yohan constantly kept an eye on the pack and made sure no one is left behind. And after some hiking up the dense Jungle we managed to see the dawn of a new day through the canopy, this made me really excited but I forced myself not to sprint up to the mountain to get a clear view instead managed convince JD to Run up to in the hopes that he won’t miss the sun rise, Luckily No one missed the sun rise we were all fit to climb up to the top of Bible rock Just as the Sun rose up from tip of Ambuluwawa.

Sun Rise on top of  Bible rock

The sun slowly creeping up while the fog filled mountains below us were patiently waiting till the hot sun beat on them so that the fog would fade up into the thin air bringing in light to the village down below this was a Magnificent site J. Little by little the  orange coloured sun sneaking its way through clouds soon found it’s usual form,a bright sphere of light which gave Anthony and rebbeca a chance to get a tan.

Sun Rise on top of  Bible Rock

While the two were sunbathing with much eagerness the rest had no option but get a tan for themselves as well, during this time we managed to dig into the yummy sandwiches prepared for us by Nilesh’s mom and also sipping out our way through some drinks. We all found different spots where we managed to sit comfortably and to just gaze at the wonderful creation of God.

We walked through the sharp edged grass which managed to leave quite a many scrapes on our legs especially on Niru’s leg. Soon we were on the other end of the rock, But only Niru, Myself, osanda and nilesh dared to get down to the rocks so that we would managed to walk right to the edge of the rock. With that we decided it’s time to head back and soon, Yes quite faster than we hiked up as many of us choose to slide down rather than walk down ;) we soon came to the starting point.

Yes we all did it, I must tell that being a tracker/guide is fun J

Third Hike up bible Rock having done the first with Nisanka,his dad,lakitha and my dad, the second with sashin and the Thrid time with Nilesh,yohan,Niru,osanda,JD,rebbeka,antony and kalana.

04/11/11