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Hotel is on William Gopallawa not the lake - can we walk to the 4th Kumbal or are we stuck on the bypass

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Elif Yilmaz•155 rep•1

Last-minute room, cheap, the pin is on the big road they keep telling cars to use. Reviews say 25 minutes to the temple. Tonight in the rain with no tuk-tuk after 4pm - is that a real walk or a Sri Lankan 25 minutes. Should we go by 3.30 and just sit.

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Gopallawa is the correct leftover-hotel zone. From the Peradeniya-road end you are looking at a 20-40 minute walk depending which km you are on, downhill into town, then you join the pedestrian squeeze. Leave the room by 4:15 for a 6:40 start if you want a pavement spot. Tuk-tuks will still do Gopallawa to a drop point until the inner blocks go up - do not wait until 6. Coming home, that road is the one that reopens first.

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Roshantha Edirisinghe•1940 rep•1

We walked 28 minutes from a Gopallawa guesthouse last night, fine, a bit of spray. Coming back at 10 we got a tuk-tuk on the bypass for a normal night price.

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Ximena Ortiz•149 rep•1

I can drop you at the edge of the pedestrian zone around 4:30 and pick you on Gopallawa after. I will not wait on Dalada Veediya.

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Induwara Senarath•1340 rep•1

Leaving at 4:15, walking. Not waiting till 6.

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