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I'd recommend bringing a lot of layers! It's quite cold when the sun is down (you wake up before sunrise to start your safari and the evening safari runs until after sunset). Then once the sun is out, it gets quite warm, so you'll want to be able to remove all of those layers. Roughly 40F/6C at night and 80F/25C during the day.

@@marcramsey5324 so grateful for your quick reply. Thanks a lot. 🤗

When we skipped over sections of the trail, we would take a public bus (or train) from one town to the next. You could also take a tuktuk in some cases because the starts between some sections are only 15 minutes by road. We didnt book stays in advance because we were wanting to play the weather by ear which is also why we skipped some sections - we had some very rainy days :/ We would just send WhatsApp messages to places we were wanting to stay the day before and that worked out well for us! Happy to answer any other questions! It's a ton of fun!

@@marcramsey5324 thank you Marc! That is helpfull information. Maybe it’s also an idea to stay in one place and do some stages from there. So you can leave the backpack behind. But maybe its less fun..

@MaureenBastiaansen we left our bigger backpacks in our guesthouse in Ella and told the owner we'd be back in 6-8 days to stay with her again and pick them back up. That way we just had to carry our smaller backpacks with us hiking. But for stage 22, we booked a guesthouse in Nuwara Eliya then took a tuktuk to Kandapola in the morning and then walked back on the Pekoe trail to our guesthouse which is similar to what you were suggesting. Lots of different ways to do it!

Ah yes! What a good idea to leave your backpack like this! Thanks for the inspiration 🙏🏼

We only saw leeches on the one section (18) that we hiked in the rain. Leech free otherwise! We heard a spray bottle with water/Dettol mix helps a lot. You can find the Dettol in Sri Lanka but I'd recommend bringing a small spray bottle

We used Expert Africa and had a great experience with them! www.expertafrica.com/botswana

We unfortunately didn’t have time to do the entire thing so we just did stages 12, 16-18, and 22. We’d love to go back and complete the full trail though!

Thanks! We were there for eight nights and visited three spots - Chobe National Park plus two private concessions (Splash camp + Lagoon camp)

Thanks!

We stayed at Riverlap Homestay and really loved our time there! www.booking.com/Share-fwEyJk

Thanks!

We hiked stages 12, 16, 17, 18, and 22 but would love to come back and hike the entire thing!

@@marcramsey5324 wow so nice thanks for visiting Sri lanka

It's a great country!

@@marcramsey5324 🙏 thanks for visiting us and happy to be host great hospitality

Hello! We loved our stay with you and hope you are doing well!

Thank you! 🙏

Thanks for all the Norway suggestions! Can't wait to meet up in ~a month!

We are! My fiance was lucky enough to get a year-long sabbatical from work so we're taking advantage!

@@marcramsey5324 Great🤗

We didn't have any leeches on that section but had a number of them on stage 18 during our hike in the rain. Did the Dettol spray help?

@@marcramsey5324 yes it did. We always carry dettol + water mix in a spray bottle with leech socks.

Haha I hit a rock a second after that clip ends so not my best moves 🤦‍♂️

Hi Chris!! Great Seattle music selection and recap Marc!

It was crazy beautiful!

The accommodation was a bit of a surprise to us. $20-25 a night that often includes breakfast and you get some real nice places and views. I'd say the homestay scene is one of Sri Lanka's best qualities. And I absolutely love smoothies when traveling to tropical places. They just can't be beat

It's in the Central Province! Sri Lanka is so beautiful!

That's the wonder In Sri Lanka unreal realty ❤🎉

Always a good time to visit Sri Lanka but you are right - maybe even better now :) hopefully things get better! 🤞

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words!

Our pleasure!

Interesting! I choose it because the Border Security Force played it at the Attari-Wagah border

¡Muy hermosa con gente tan agradable!

Thank you!! 😊

We were sad to have missed the Himalayas but it was just too cold and snowy. Next time for sure!

We will!

Thank you!