I have brought down 12 - 14 bodies. When they are found, the bodies have disfigured faces and broken limbs due to the impact of the fall. We have to walk three and half kilometres to the forest. The police have to inform the forest department and when the police come here, the search operation begins. We are not allowed to go without their permission.

The recent incident of the foreigner who survived the fall is my first experience of a World’s End tragedy. I came to know of this accidental fall through a news alert. I went there from the Negrak Bungalow. There is always the risk of an accidental fall as there is no protective fence and its life threatening. Four months of the year the World's End experience strong winds, this is very dangerous.

During the rainy season, the place can be slippery. The concrete beams near the viewing point too can pose a threat. There were many tragic incidents before and it is a miracle that this Dutchman had a happy ending.

A safety fence a few feet away from the edge is something that the authorities must give thought to now. before the place claim another life. Not many will think of climbing over the fence and risking their life to get a picture.

Everyone falling off World's End drop on Negrak, to the Upper division. There are people in the line houses there, who make a living out of searching and retrieving those bodies. Going by the location the person dropped off, these men can tell where the body is.

When a man falls off World's End, we get a message from Pambahinna Police station. We gather up a search team and go. There is only a narrow footpath leading to the place.

We get ’santhosam’ money when the body is brought back.

I remember a couple from Colombo jumped off the cliff. There was also a Buddhist priest from Matara who jumped off. Similar to what happened with the Dutchman, sometime ago, an Australian also fell of the end, while posing with his wife.

When people fall off from World's End, we go in search of the bodies. The search team consists of two police officers, and a group of youth from our village. If it is a foreigner we usually have two officers from the concerned embassy or high commission.

Once we went in search of a foreigner who weighed about 140kgs. We searched and searched but the body could not be found for a long time. Then we saw a tree with a broken branch. Under that tree we saw the man lying dead.

Earlier, the men from the village volunteered in the search operations, but now assisting in search operations have become an income generator. if I remember correct, at first they charged Rs.1500. But for that Australian man they asked for Rs.115, 000. I believe they also received some 8-9 bottles of arrack.

There is also the incident where a 70-year- old woman, a grandmother, from Kurunegala jumped off. She had been in an elder’s home although she had three children, all of whom were public servants. These were details we saw in the papers.

She had arrived at Nuwara Eliya and taken a three-wheeler to Horton's plains. We heard she had stared at the scenery beyond World's End for sometime before making a dash over the cliff.

The children came in search of the body and they had to pay something like Rs. 60, 000 for the youth who joined in the search party.

It's not an easy task to bring down these bodies from the base of the world's end. The route to that area is through a steep winding path in the thick jungle. The place is very cold and dark. We wrap what is left of the bodies in cellophane so that it will withstand the rough ride downhill.

In certain steep places we use a rope to take it down and in certain tricky slopes we roll it down. There is no way it can be lifted and carried in those places. Once we pass the difficult area only, we lift it up and carry with due respect.

Baker’s Bend A foreigner named Baker fell off his horse carriage while coming down the mountain near this place. It is said he lost control because of the speed. That is why it's called Baker's Bend. It is 5000 feet above sea level.