{"id":131734,"date":"2023-01-28T16:55:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T23:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=131734"},"modified":"2023-01-28T16:55:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T23:55:45","slug":"breathe-in-traveller-films-heart-stopping-video-of-her-ascent-up-crazy-narrow-spiral-steps-on-the-outside-of-a-spectacular-tower-in-sri-lanka-with-barely-enough-room-for-two-to-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2023\/01\/28\/breathe-in-traveller-films-heart-stopping-video-of-her-ascent-up-crazy-narrow-spiral-steps-on-the-outside-of-a-spectacular-tower-in-sri-lanka-with-barely-enough-room-for-two-to-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Breathe in! Traveller films heart-stopping video of her ascent up &#8216;crazy narrow&#8217; spiral steps on the outside of a spectacular tower in Sri Lanka, with barely enough room for two to pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Daily Mail<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"ext-gen76\"><li><strong>The staircase at Ambuluwawa Tower is shielded only by a waist-high handrail<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Footage by blogger&nbsp;Janet Newenham shows the climb isn&#8217;t for the faint-hearted<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>She said: &#8216;The busier the tower, the more claustrophobic one can feel&#8217;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The views from the top of Ambuluwawa Tower in Sri Lanka are heavenly, but some may find the climb up there pure hell, as a traveller&#8217;s footage of her ascent shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambuluwawa Tower looks innocent enough from a distance \u2013 but get up close and visitors will see that wrapped around the outside is an extremely narrow spiral staircase that winds its way to the top, with a stone handrail that&#8217;s barely waist high. To enjoy the spectacular views from the 157ft (48-metre) summit, visitors must brave these stairs, which towards the top are barely wide enough for two people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Janet Newenham, who runs a tour company called &#8216;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/janets_journeys\/?hl=en\">Janets Journeys<\/a>&#8216;, filmed herself conquering the &#8216;crazy narrow&#8217; staircase, with her nerve-shredding clip showing that the climb is definitely not an experience anyone with a fear of heights or who suffers from claustrophobia would enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Janet, 36, told MailOnline Travel: &#8216;I&#8217;ve actually climbed this tower five times on various trips, and it&#8217;s been different each time. The busier the tower, the more claustrophobic one can feel. It can get a bit scary, especially if you&#8217;re scared of heights.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-131734-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2023\/01\/17\/5269813517371880595\/640x360_MP4_5269813517371880595.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2023\/01\/17\/5269813517371880595\/640x360_MP4_5269813517371880595.mp4\">https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2023\/01\/17\/5269813517371880595\/640x360_MP4_5269813517371880595.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Any moments of panic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Not for me,&#8217; she said, &#8216;but many of my friends refused to go up and some definitely had their moments as we got higher and higher. The wall isn&#8217;t very high, so it can feel very daunting the higher you get.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ordeal, however, is worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Irish travel blogger Janet continued: &#8216;The view is absolutely spectacular, and it gets better the higher you get. You get 360-degree views of the surrounding countryside. You can see down to nearby towns and villages, rivers and rolling hills.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Janet made\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Aq03xCRJiYQ&amp;t=361s\" target=\"_blank\">her video<\/a>\u00a0during a 20-day tour of Sri Lanka with her friend Veronica and described climbing the tower as &#8216;one of the highlights&#8217;, adding that &#8216;driving a Tuk Tuk up to the base point is an adventure in itself&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cone-shaped&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/visitsrilanka.info\/content\/106-ambuluwawa\">Ambuluwawa Tower<\/a>&nbsp;houses a pagoda of a Buddhist temple, reveals Visit Sri Lanka, and is located on the summit of Ambuluwawa mountain, 3,567ft (1,087m) above sea level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nearest major city is Kandy, which lies around an hour&#8217;s drive to the north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For more on Janet&#8217;s tours visit&nbsp;<\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/janetsjourneys.com\/\"><em>janetsjourneys.com<\/em><\/a><em>. For more videos from Janet visit&nbsp;<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JanetNewenham\"><em>www.youtube.com\/@JanetNewenham<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Daily Mail The staircase at Ambuluwawa Tower is shielded only by a waist-high handrail Footage by blogger&nbsp;Janet Newenham shows the climb isn&#8217;t for the faint-hearted She said: &#8216;The busier the tower, the more claustrophobic one can feel&#8217; The views from the top of Ambuluwawa Tower in Sri Lanka are heavenly, but some may find [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}