Questions people here keep asking — where to eat, what to buy at the fair, which walk this month — answered by residents and ranked by votes.
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Haputale has no local paper, no forum and no community group online — in any language. So the answers to these questions live in people's heads, and a newcomer or a visitor has no way to reach them.
This page is a place to put them. Sign in to add an answer or to vote for one you agree with; anyone can read it without signing in. The questions are fixed, so nobody can turn this into a noticeboard, and votes decide the order rather than whoever posted last.
Guesthouse kitchens, the places near the market, the shops that do a good lunch packet — whatever you would send a neighbour to.
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The fair is the week's event. Say what you buy there and where the stall stands, so somebody new can find it.
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Nights at 1,431 m are cold and nothing is heated. This is the question every new arrival asks in their first week.
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The ridge to Idalgashinna through Thangamale, the tea track up to Lipton's Seat, or somewhere visitors never hear about. Say what the path is like at this time of year.
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Bandarawela, Welimada, Badulla — say what you travel for and what you can actually get here, so nobody makes the trip twice.
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