An Amazing Sri Lankan Train Odyssey: Colombo to Ella 🇱🇰

[@coldfanta4963]

Jaw-dropping! Being from the US, I never had a train door view. The best train _window_ view I got was the river and cliffs from NYC to Poughkeepsie!

[@NonstopEurotrip]

You should go to Sri Lanka:)

[@alexanderballard6062]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us, this was one of the most gorgeous train videos I've seen!

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dakshanbalaramesh]

Thanks for doing this video! I’m Sri Lankan and this is my favourite train journey of all time! Really appreciate you taking the trip ❤

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Our pleasure! I love Sri Lanka so much ❤️

[@kanchanananayakkara8959]

Thrilled to know you have been visiting my paradise island and enjoying the island's best scenic railway. It made me to miss my motherland. And, Thank you so much for promoting my little country! I highly appreciate how you have done your research on cities and local history etc. I hope that you had a memorable holiday in Sri Lanka! Love from a Sri Lankan!

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Our pleasure I absolutely love Sri Lanka so much and can't wait to come back 🙏🏻🇱🇰

[@rajithaseneviratne4]

We did the rail trip too, thanks for sharing. It was something like never experienced ! Scenery was beyond anything to compare.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Totally agree!

[@samtrak1204]

You're so right. Kandy is attractive station that could use a coat of paint.

[@normanmcleod7169]

Totally enjoyable and immersive video. For years I have wanted to visit the tea plantations in Sri Lanka but now, sadly, it is too late for me.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

It's a shame, it's so magical 🪄

[@dineshbabu8015]

Another amazing video mate :) It's so so fascinating how you experienced one of your best as well as one of your worst train journeys on the exact same route!

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Very true 😂😂😂

[@samtrak1204]

In 2022, falling from train or collision of trains with people on the tracks accounted for the majority of the railway accident deaths in India, at 72.6 percent. There were nearly 21 thousand railway accident fatalities across the country that year.

[@theobrattinga500]

Great video.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Thanks!

[@spacedh5275]

Small correction in the first train the 2nd and 3rd class are not reserved seating hence the 2nd class costs only Rs.500 and 3 rd class only Rs. 250 from colombo to kandy. 1200 and 900 are prices for reserved seating from colombo to kandy. As usual a great video and love from Sri Lanka.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

There are both. As mentioned. Because I did it?

[@nnavideomemories]

Thanks for travelling Sri Lanka by rail! ❤✌

[@NonstopEurotrip]

My pleasure 😊

[@mohammedsarjoon1926]

Thanks to explored my country ❤

[@Hassell163]

Great vídeo and incredible vieuws .

[@amalrohitha5028]

Takk for fantastisk vedio. Jeg er fra Sri lanka og bor i Norge❤

[@ctid107]

Great video, thanks very much.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Glad you liked it!

[@ashitkotian2396]

The rural regions look like India but the cities look so much cleaner. The station architecture in Colombo was also really great.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Absolutely!

[@mtg12342]

Love from Sri Lanka ❤🇱🇰

[@NonstopEurotrip]

❤️❤️

[@luke211286]

Glad to know that Colombo is worth a visit. Unlike most capitals/biggest cities of a country, it is not the first thing that is talked about when someone mentions Sri Lanka

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Absolutely is! You can rarely get a good idea of the country in general from it's capital, but Colombo is an exception, I think!

[@rezaalan3991]

What a great trip. The scenery is breathtaking, and yeah same as some part in my country. With this scenery, who cares about travel time.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

You know I'm a BIG Indonesia fan too 🙏🏻😁

[@dilshaner]

Hey ! friend , welcome again : )

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Hey hey! 👋🏻

[@emilkarpo]

I think the best out the train door view I've had is crossing Goteik Viaduct in Burma. Really great video!

[@NonstopEurotrip]

I hope to try that one day :)

[@markellis6413]

Woo-woo. Diddly-doo! Looks like fun!

[@NonstopEurotrip]

😂😂😂

[@markellis6413]

​@@NonstopEurotripWas this journey better than the narrow gauge Darjeeling Himalayan Mountain Railway?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

@@markellis6413 I'd say so. More comfortable trains and we had markedly better weather! I'd love to go back and do Darjeeling on a clear snowy day tho! ☃️

[@mariadelmarjimenezarroyo]

Very good 5 star video

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@lesley-annemclelland857]

Watching the railway carrages in this video makes me want to call the trips the "Rock and Roll Experience."😉

[@NonstopEurotrip]

You and me both! 😂

[@AndreiTupolev]

121 km in 3 hr 25 min is the kind of Intercity Express service DB would be pleased with 😀 That train does look decidedly worn for its 10 or so years in service, I must say. Riding looks, well, up to Talgo standards 😁

[@NonstopEurotrip]

😂😂😂

[@nimishgoray8808]

We made a mistake not taking the train, we went by the quicker cab option from Colombo to Kandy as we wanted to visit Pinnawala. We 🤢 a lot, should have been smarter and taken the train.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

You definitely should have!

[@skipper2594]

yes sri lankan hill countryside is hard to go from cars , even tho all roads are super quality , they have so much curves circles around the mountains , hard to drive and If you go for the first time there is a high possibility to 🤢, train is the most suitable for travel in hill sides

[@patiperrosobrerieles]

8:13 One is... WHAT? 💀 Great journey and great video (as usual)! 👌☺

[@NonstopEurotrip]

You heard 😉

[@srikanthshastry4546]

The Indian made Class S13A is SriLanka's latest DMU trainsets later units manufactured in 2021

[@azewarner]

Class S14A (992) is the latest DMU in here :)

[@camotech1314]

Would have been cool to see what you did in Kandy for 2 days.

[@eshikaudayanawanigasekara]

Try Colombo to Jaffna Train. Try with Night (Colombo) to Morning (Jaffna) 😊

[@TeamWolfmountain]

Shri Lanka is on my to do! Any tips?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

This train 😂

[@onuraycicek9135]

nice vid man 😊

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Thanks bro 😁

[@AndreiTupolev]

Rather Art Deco feel to Kandy station, rather like some of the Southern Railway stations from the 1930s

[@hemaccabe4292]

I love rooftop pools! Was yours in GWO? Could you go for a swim?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Yes, it was excellent 👌🏻

[@ricksipes2026]

It made me think that Sri Lanka would be an excellent alternative to India. I know you've been there. What do you think?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

I much preferred Sri Lanka to India. Much less over whelming, cheaper, better food, friendler people, better hotels and scenery like this! 🥰

[@ricksipes2026]

@@NonstopEurotrip Thanks. I'll add Sri Lanka to my bucket list.

[@nimishgoray8808]

India and SL are very different while being quite similar. India is no longer a European or American backpackers paradise, if you want to travel without reservations, maybe SL is the place for you. By the way lots of Indians visit SL every year for temple tourism in addition to nature tourism.

[@nimishgoray8808]

@@NonstopEurotripBetter food? Seriously? Definitely not cheaper, no way!

[@Desertfox18]

​@@nimishgoray8808 As a Sri Lankan I can't say anything about food as both cuisines are good in their own way, but Sri Lanka is definitely cheaper compared to India.

[@app2bs]

Really enjoy your videos.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Thanks! That means a lot 😀😀😀

[@tarkatan971]

could you add voice over to your old videos? If it's not too much to ask?

[@79andream]

Are there also an food vendors in the Odyssey train?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Yes!

[@padmakumar4284]

Please travel in northern line of sri Lanka in s13 dmu express and night mail bro

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Next time, I definitely will! 😁

[@Knowledge_Only99]

Northern line is under maintenance bro

[@hemaccabe4292]

Do they have a spot to keep bicycles?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Luggage space in the power car?

[@hemaccabe4292]

I would love to ride in a tuk tuk.

[@JonathanButler-zd8qt]

Hi, how is the food better in Sri Lanka? Is it quite different from Indian food? Or is it simular?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Similar, but less spicy imo

[@Trishj1001]

Its almost identical to the Nilgiri Mountain railway in southern India... In fact I think the one in India goes higher and has excellent train window views

[@NonstopEurotrip]

I'll have to try it then 😁

[@Nafidzi]

Nope, nilgiri is not much better than ella train...many sceneries and waterfalls during this train has not been shown in this video.

[@Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi]

Bom dia boa viagem ai trem boa sexta feira ai 1:46

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Obrigado 🙏🏻

[@Janiduvirunaka]

🌚❤️🇱🇰

[@panzermauslover]

commeting on every new vid untill he goes on the blue bzmot

[@kfaradox897]

❤❤❤

[@eshikaudayanawanigasekara]

🦸 Super ❤❤😊

[@ThunderRods7-gz1jo]

As Indonesian, I am suprised Sri Lankan train look much better than Indian trains even their cities I mean there are no overcrowded people on the train nor cities and the station look surprisingly clean well not really that clean but it's much better than Indian and the sky over Sri Lanka is much cleaner and there are no pollution in my point of view (as a southeast asian) Sri Lanka towns looks like average southeast Asian towns

[@RitikBhardwaj-yw5jx]

That a very generalized and objective view, India too have "clear sky", maybe research a bit more about the regions as nothing is consistent or homogenous in India. Everything seasons, environment etc changes region to region. In fact Sri lanka is exactly same as Southern India culture and climate wise which is Tropical.

[@RitikBhardwaj-yw5jx]

And Sri Lankan train look better than Indian? , first none of them are any better in terms of experience. On the contrary Indian Railway is far more modernised and Indegionous than Sri Lankan railway. Just the sideways movements in the video. Flagship Indian trains are very much better.

[@nimishgoray8808]

SL has Low population and hence a good possibility of attention to cleanliness. But the rolling stock is old and tracks are not well maintained. In fact India tried selling a new DMU train set to SL railway but they were deemed to be too heavy for the tracks. Yes, SL is a shade greener than many parts of India where the permanent way goes, but India has way more greenery in so many more places.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

There's obviously a much smaller population, and a different, more relaxed vibe all over SL. India too has amazing scenery but you have to head north or south!

[@muazunais2378]

​@@nimishgoray8808 low population is a not an excuse lol, look at China

[@samtrak1204]

I hate that 2nd and 3rd class passengers in India, Sri Lanka and other hot ountries in Asia and Africa are relegated to hot un-air conditioned coaches. The class distinction makes me wannna holler. Amtrak may be a Third World operation, but at least ALL cars have central air conditioning and heating.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Honestly, I'd take the opening windows over the AC any day!

[@samtrak1204]

@@NonstopEurotrip I figured you'd say that.

[@samtrak1204]

@@NonstopEurotrip Tourist taking pictures probably enjoy open train windows a lot more than natives who’ve seen the scenery many times before and just might want a cool place - like first class - to chill.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

@@samtrak1204 if you live in Sri Lanka, I think you're used to the heat :)

[@luke211286]

​@@NonstopEurotripAs someone who lives in the tropics, I disagree about being used to the heat. Because outside of rainy and breezy days, we perpetually complain of being hot 😂

[@thomas-xj1hs]

Thanks. I think you mean BRITISH railways, not simply English ones?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Sure

[@dhruvilkumpavat6037]

Srilanka is so much cleaner as well. Lack of civic sense is a curse for any country, I have realized that

[@hemaccabe4292]

How do British people say, "I'd like a lot of sugar in my tea please?"

[@NonstopEurotrip]

I don't take sugar 😂

[@hemaccabe4292]

@@NonstopEurotripThen that's what I'll say to make sure I get a lot of sugar! 😜

[@bepepoto5424]

Pemandangannya sangat mirip dengan indonesia. Juga lebih bagus dan lebih bersih daripada india. Tiketnya juga sangat murah. Lebih murah daripada di indonesia

[@sunaryonoyono3794]

Itu kok ada turis pada gelantungan mengeluarkan anggota badanya pada waktu kereta api melaju dengan kecepatan tinggi , waoooow sangat membahayakan . Dinegaranya apa seperti itu , berilah contoh yang baik dimana anda berada waktu naik kereta . Dinegaraku membuka pintu , jendela , serta mengeluarkan anggota badan waktu kereta api melaju dengan kecepatan tinggi adalah ILEGAL dilarang keras karena sangat sangat berbahaya , semoga itu turis membaca komen ku ini , great video Obrigado .

[@NonstopEurotrip]

It's a different world...

[@justaperson1769]

British colonial legacy

[@NonstopEurotrip]

As mentioned in the video

[@hemaccabe4292]

Do you ever watch Emma Cruises? I think you two would make a nice couple.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

😂😂😂 I don't even like cruising

[@hemaccabe4292]

@@NonstopEurotrip Then you should DEFINITELY check out her channel.

[@samtrak1204]

Hanging out of a door of a moving train is a absolutely the most stupid thing you could do. I cringe just watching this idiotic display.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

It's a different world, isn't it.

[@AndreiTupolev]

You've no sense of fun.

[@samtrak1204]

@@AndreiTupolev In 2022, falling from train or collision of trains with people on the tracks accounted for the majority of the railway accident deaths in India, at 72.6 percent. There were nearly 21 thousand railway accident fatalities across the country that year.

[@muazunais2378]

​@@samtrak1204it's india bro , incidents like this are never heard of in sri lanka only tourists die cuz of their carelessness

[@samtrak1204]

@@muazunais2378 India experiences hundreds of railway accidents each year, with nearly 21,000 fatalities in 2022. The majority of these deaths are caused by falling from a train or collisions between trains and people on the tracks.