Sri Lanka - 1

____________________ railway is ____________________ to be the most ____________________ line in the ____________________ . It has such a scenic ____________________ - you cannot get this type of ____________________ beauty ____________________ in the ____________________ . Be it the ____________________ of the Indian Ocean or the ____________________ in the ____________________ , both are true on Sri Lanka . The entire island ____________________ , including its capital ____________________ , is caught up in an ____________________ of change . The ____________________ war that lasted ____________________ than a ____________________ of a century , ended in 2009 . At the ____________________ of 2015 , the ____________________ of Sri Lanka ____________________ for more ____________________ , in the form of a new ____________________ . The island ____________________ known as Ceylon is an ____________________ holiday ____________________ for ____________________ . It's best ____________________ by train . A train ____________________ here is ____________________ also a ____________________ into the ____________________ past . That much ____________________ clear before we start our ____________________ at Colombo Fort , in the ____________________ of the city . We ____________________ our ____________________ at a ____________________ that has a ____________________ air . They can then be checked by a friendly conductor . This station ____________________ was ____________________ on Victoria Station in ____________________ . The traces of the ____________________ colonial rulers are ____________________ . The British ruled ____________________ 1796 and 1948 . Things ____________________ different back then . ____________________ are many ____________________ we have . The ____________________ and guards ____________________ , there In time they are not , into the . . . for their ____________________ . And other ways . . . The ____________________ peoples , also . . . not ____________________ . . . at time . Not they are ____________________ their work , ____________________ . . . We are in ____________________ . Our train , bound for ____________________ , is waiting ____________________ . We set off at ____________________ past eight . We're ____________________ to go on a train ____________________ that's been ____________________ as one of the most ____________________ in Asia . It will ____________________ us from ____________________ to Ella in the ____________________ , via Kandy - a ____________________ of around 270 ____________________ . A special trip on special ____________________ . It was the island's first ____________________ route - and it's still ____________________ as ____________________ . The first 54 - ____________________ stretch to ____________________ is ____________________ its 150th ____________________ this year : ____________________ that's where this train journey ____________________ its charm and ____________________ . It's a train ____________________ that's always been ____________________ to the people of Sri Lanka . ____________________ , it was for transport of goods . But they add a ____________________ passenger ____________________ as well . Very few ____________________ travelled but of ____________________ with the building of the ____________________ , very many up - country ____________________ , they only like to ____________________ by train to go and see the sea ! Sea ____________________ ! First time in life for them to go and ____________________ the sea ____________________ , they travel by train to ____________________ .