{"id":1415,"date":"2017-05-04T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amuddyroad.com\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2017-05-04T05:00:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T05:00:01","slug":"climbing-adams-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amuddyroad.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/04\/climbing-adams-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Climbing Adam&#8217;s Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From Hatton we intended to take the government bus to Delhouse. While we waited for the bus a Tuk Tuk driver engaged us in a 30-minute dialogue that eventually ended with us succumbing to his wish of taking us there: but we made a good deal with the man. And as it turned out he was an incredibly honest and decent being.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our room in Delhouse had a beautiful balcony over the Seetha Gangula river. That evening we ate an early dinner and went to bed at 9:30 with the intention to set off early.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We started our ascent of Adam&#8217;s Peak at 2:30 am and by 5 am we had climbed all the grueling 5500 irregular steps of the path and had perched ourselves in a little corner awaiting sunrise. It&#8217;s amazing to see so many people collect on the top of a sacred mountain to watch a sunrise. While we were there we unintentionally (but happily) caught the mysterious shadow of the mountain, which appears like a triangle, contrary to the organic shape of the Peak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And most surprisingly we discovered we&#8217;re fitter than we thought! We literally skipped back down the steps to have breakfast and fall into bed. Nothing is quite like waking up to a sundrenched room and the sound of water gushing by. We didn\u2019t leave Delhouse like most tourists that same day; we stayed by the river for 3 whole days. It was too tranquil not to enjoy this moment for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1405 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/amuddyroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Adams-Peak-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amuddyroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Adams-Peak-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/amuddyroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Adams-Peak-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amuddyroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Adams-Peak-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1406 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/amuddyroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Adams-Peak-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amuddyroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Adams-Peak-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/amuddyroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Adams-Peak-2-300x200.jpg 300w, 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