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Special Feature — The Devil’s Staircase: Travels on the Kalupahana-Ohiya Road

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To call the route connecting Kalupahana to Ohiya a road is quite generous. What it is, is an adventure. Whether you are tough enough to walk its length or mad enough to drive it, this is a journey every adventurer should take.”

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Sometimes the Devil’s Staircase feels like the edge of Heaven.
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The Devil’s Doorstep

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The view north, across the Ohiya Gap, to the steepest part of the Devil’s Staircase, in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka. This is the final bit of the Stairs, the 300m climb up the near-vertical Haputale Ridge, and is tough going both on foot or in a 4×4 vehicle, the latter requiring skill, patience, and nerves. Shot on assignment for ‘Serendib’, the inflight magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines. My cover story, ‘The Devil’s Staircase‘, ran in the March 2017 issue.

“The route connecting Kalupahana to Ohiya cannot be really called a road. What it is, is an adventure. Whether you are tough enough to walk its length or mad enough to drive it, this is a journey every adventurer should take.”

— Excerpt from ‘The Devil’s Staircase’

Pedestrians on the Devil’s Staircase

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A small boy from the village of Udaweriya walks the family cow along the edge of the Ohiya Gap. In the distance is the famous Kuragala escarpment, and beyond that, the Udawalawe Plains. Shot on assignment for Serendib, the inflight magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines. My photo story, “The Devil’s Staircase”, ran in the March 2017 issue.
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Children of the Stairs #89

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Shot on assignment for Serendib, the inflight magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines. My story, “The Devil’s Staircase“, appeared in the March 2017 issue.
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Nature’s Gallery

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The Ohiya Gap, on the southern edge of the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, as seen from the World’s End Lodge. Shot as part of my photo-story, “Discover Belihuloya“, which ran in the November 2017 issue of Serendib magazine.

World’s End Lodge, Sri Lanka #5

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Terraced gardens fall away from the Haputale Ridge in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka. In the far distance, beyond the Ohiya Gap is the near vertical Kuragala Escarpment. Shot in September 2017.

World’s End Lodge, Haputale, Sri Lanka

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Looking west across the spectacular Ohiya Gap from the World’s End Lodge. The Ohiya Gap is a broad valley, dropping southeast from the Horton Plains plateau to the southern foothills of the Central Highlands. The World’s End Lodge sits below the Haputale Ridge, on the northeast side of the gap. Shot on assignment for Serendib magazine. My photo story, “Discovering Belihuloya“, runs in the November 2017 issue.

The Devil’s Staircase #3

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The view, across the Ohiya Gap, of the steepest part of the Devil’s Staircase, in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka. This is the final bit of the Stairs, the 300m climb up the Haputale Ridge, and is tough going both on foot or in a 4×4 vehicle, the latter requiring skill, patience, and nerves. Shot on assignment for Serendib, the inflight magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines. My story, ‘The Devil’s Staircase‘, ran in the March 2017 issue.

The Ohiya Gap, Central Highlands, Sri Lanka #3

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Shot from the Devil’s Staircase, the jeep track that was once the Kalupahana-Udaweriya Road, on assignment for Serendib, the inflight magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines. My story, ‘The Devil’s Staircase’, runs in the March 2017 issue.
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Evening Over the Ohiya Gap, Sri Lanka

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Evening Over the Beragala Pass, Sri Lanka #4 by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com

Looking southwest from the Beragala Pass, along the southern edge of the Central Highlands. January 2017.

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