Today is our last full day in Sri Lanka. It has been lovely here. Our last hotel was so nice, it was a shame to leave it. We packed our stuff together and loaded it into our new guide's minivan and set off to Uda Walawe National park at 4am. It took 3 hours to get there. It was nice to see the sun coming up; its not often I get to do that. The park opened at 7am and it's best to get there early to avoid the midday sun. We hired a jeep with driver once there and drove all around the park for about 3 hours. The animals are totally wild and are not fed by anyone. We saw herds of elephants with their young, crocodiles, birds, water buffaloes .. When we saw
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