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How do we actually leave Kandy after the parade tonight - we have a 6am Ella transfer

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Caitlin Fraser•132 rep•1

Watching the 4th Kumbal tonight then our driver wants to pick us at 6am for Ella. Hotel WhatsApp just said the streets stay blocked until the elephants go home. Does that mean 10pm or 1am. Can he even get to the lake hotels. Should we walk out to William Gopallawa and sleep in the van.

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Procession starts 6:40. On a Kumbal night it is usually past a given corner within an hour, then police unwind the blocks street by street. Lake-front and Dalada Veediya can stay pedestrian-only until 10:30-midnight depending how the crowd drains. Your 6am Ella pickup is fine if the driver waits on William Gopallawa / Peradeniya Road, not at the hotel door. Walk out with bags at 5:45. Do not make him try the lake loop at 6.

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Roshantha Edirisinghe•1940 rep•1

After last night we waited 40 minutes for a tuk-tuk that would not cross the route. Walked 15 minutes to the Gopallawa side and PickMe suddenly had cars. If you have a pre-booked van, pin a junction on the bypass and treat the last kilometre as a walk.

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Balazs Toth•342 rep•2

I will not enter Dalada Veediya after 4pm this week. Tell your hotel to send you to the Gopallawa pickup. Ella road via Peradeniya / Gampola is the normal one - that is also the rain / landslide side, so leave slack if Saturday morning is wet.

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Harendra Wickramaratne•2085 rep•1

Pinning Gopallawa for 5:45. Telling the hotel now.

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Caitlin Fraser•132 rep•1

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