Last Day in Hatton
Just one last look around the place and it's communities. Of all the things to see, a mongoose pops into view, pauses and it's off into the overgrown garden opposite, just to fast for my camera. Up the hill road, in-between those communities on the edge of tea fields and some good view points of the town this time looking back towards Kandy.
School starts at 8am and finishes 2pm which is now! Yes, the school run is on. Only it's not the school run as we Brits know it. No four wheel drives or BMWs jockeying for parking spots, no hoards of parents waiting at the gates, no prams and pushchairs blocking pavements, infact the scene here couldn't be more different. The kids are piling out of school, kids of all ages making an orderly getaway to their communities around the town and in nearby hills. A collection of vans are waiting patiently for their young passengers, otherwise no traffic, not the chaos as we in the Western world know it - the school run, only it's not really.
Only one way to sum up Hatton - A shabby town but delightful people. it's really the inhabitants that have made my stay here probably the best in my world wide travels so far. Extremely welcoming at every turn, in every cafe or shop. No selling pressure from anyone and even the tuk tuk drivers give up at the first "no thank you". Coupled with some stunning scenery just a few minutes trek in any direction and amazingly good value for money, 5 days in Hatton is 5 days well spent. Get to know its people, their communities, their lives for what will undoubtedly be a truly rewarding experience, one that those tourists being herded around in their groups will sadly miss.
Just one last look around the place and it's communities. Of all the things to see, a mongoose pops into view, pauses and it's off into the overgrown garden opposite, just to fast for my camera. Up the hill road, in-between those communities on the edge of tea fields and some good view points of the town this time looking back towards Kandy.
School starts at 8am and finishes 2pm which is now! Yes, the school run is on. Only it's not the school run as we Brits know it. No four wheel drives or BMWs jockeying for parking spots, no hoards of parents waiting at the gates, no prams and pushchairs blocking pavements, infact the scene here couldn't be more different. The kids are piling out of school, kids of all ages making an orderly getaway to their communities around the town and in nearby hills. A collection of vans are waiting patiently for their young passengers, otherwise no traffic, not the chaos as we in the Western world know it - the school run, only it's not really.
Only one way to sum up Hatton - A shabby town but delightful people. it's really the inhabitants that have made my stay here probably the best in my world wide travels so far. Extremely welcoming at every turn, in every cafe or shop. No selling pressure from anyone and even the tuk tuk drivers give up at the first "no thank you". Coupled with some stunning scenery just a few minutes trek in any direction and amazingly good value for money, 5 days in Hatton is 5 days well spent. Get to know its people, their communities, their lives for what will undoubtedly be a truly rewarding experience, one that those tourists being herded around in their groups will sadly miss.
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