authored by M M.Mohamed Shaja and
Vaishnavy Perinparaja
Every year the first year students of Transport and
Logistics Management department, University of Moratuwa are given a chance to
go on a field visit to a place where we can see the geographical features with
the guidance of lecturer of Geography subject. This year, our lecturer has
chosen a place which is called “Dolosbage”.
“Dolosbage” is a small charm and quaint village which can be
easily accessed via several roads Gampola, Ruwanwella, and Awissawella being
some of the preferred routes. Either side of the road is covered with greenly
tea estates remembering the trip to hill country. It is situated in Sabaragamuwa
province, Sri Lanka. Its geographical coordinates are 704’50” North
(latitude), 80028’23” East (longitude).
We were got an e-mail from the lecturer Miss. Shashini
Ranabahu who has organized this trip regarding the date and list of things to
be brought on that day. Finally, the big day arrived. All of my friends and the
lecturers came to the University and assembled near the old TLM building at 4.45
a.m. on 18th November 2016, equipped with our bags.
Field visits are common for us and hiking too. But until reach that place, we have no idea this filed visit going to break our travel records. We never expect this department based field trip is going to influence a lot in our personality and going to check our confidence and stamina level. All of us are well familiar with bus travel. But anyway this bus travelling is little bit different. The path is full of curves, ups and downs. Even going to Dolosbage by bus is full of thrill and excitement. But our destination; Dolosbage, broke out all other excitements and made us stunned.
This hiking is really a good challenge for us. The mountain
is really looked like a cute little island. Climbing up the mountain gave us a
feel of freedom. We felt free, there were no disturbance, no traffic, no
signals and no vehicles. The open air gave us bracing effect for our minds. We
came across several zig zag ways, slopes, and rocky places until reach the top.
We got a feel of finding the edge of Everest as we reached the top of the
mountain. After reaching the top, we stayed while there, took a break and again
started to climb down without any hesitations as the healthy climate of that
area gave us a fresh feel to finish the hiking. Climbing down seemed easier
than going up as the path is full of downs and slopes. When we reached our
starting point, it started to rain as it seemed like sky was giving us a clap
of appreciation for our successful adventurous hiking.
Meanwhile, we felt a single tingle in our stomach alarming
that we have to take our lunch. So we had a homemade tasty rice and curry,
which gave us some energy. After finishing our lunch, we all finally got into
the bus awaiting for the thrill zig zag way bus journey which was completely
covered with sounds, songs and fun of our department guys. At last the
thrilling adventurous journey came to an end at night. We all went away to our
boarding place or homes with a feel of missing.
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