Thursday, January 19, 2017

Nissan Leaf - Drive to Tewatta National Basilica Church from Wennappuwa

Wennapuwa to National Basilica - Thewatta by Nissan Leaf Car

I’m going to share my Nissan LEAF trip from Wennappuwa to Teawatta National Basilica church – Ragama and returned to Wennappuwa which was recorded on 2016 Jan 13. I stated the journey around 8.30am with outside temperature 22C.  This time I passengers and luggage weight was around 300kg.  I started to drive when the battery was 98% of Nissan Leaf car.

My route: Wennappuwa-Kandana-Ragama- Thewatte National Basilica Church – Delpe Junction – Mahabage – Kandana - Wennappuwa . 


Let’s see how I drive to the destination. We stopped the car after turning from Kandana to have the breakfast.  When we reached to Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka – Thewatta (45km) the battery drained to 60% from 98% (38% wasted).  
As you near the vehicle entrance to the National Basilica at Thewatte you pass the magnificent approach to the holy building for those on foot. This approach consists of a series of extensively wide flights of steps descending then ascending into the distance, encroached upon by large swathes of woodland. At the farthest end of the steps the Basilica stands, partly obscured by foliage. Yet it can be sufficiently observed to realize that its curious architectural elements are unfamiliar in Roman Catholicism.

The Latin word basilica has three distinct applications in modern English. The word was originally used to describe an ancient Roman public building where courts were held, After the Roman Empire became officially Christian, the term referred specifically to a large or important church given special ceremonial rites by the Pope. By the end of 2008 there were 1,584 basilicas worldwide (four classified as “major”, the remainder as “minor”).

We spent several hours at Tewatta National basilica and then continued our journey. We went to a relations’ house at Delpe Junction and we had our lunch there. After spent couple of hours we went Mahabage. We spent few minutes there.  After that we came to Kandana. We spent few hours there and back to Wennappuwa. On the way we spent several places to do shopping. When we could reached to Wennappuwa  around 7.30pm. 

So when I reached to the destination (103km) 18% remaining battery from 98%.
Total Destination: 103.2km
Total Battery Wastage: 80%
km/per 1% = 1.29km (103/80)

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