First Impressions Colombo Sri Lanka
Good afternoon, guys from Colombo Sri Lanka while I got here probably 36 hours ago today is my first official day where I’m actually exploring the city I spent some time hanging out in the hotel for the first day catching up on a couple editing things and getting ready to explore this country so I don't really know what's gonna be happening in this video guys but I’m gonna be sharing with you my first impressions what it's like when you first arrive to the beautiful city of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka it's pronounced Sri Lanka I asked someone. So, Sri Lanka not Sri Lanka, yeah, alright, I got it. So anyways guys yeah, we're gonna be oh, we got our guy right here looks like he's gonna get us yeah oh yeah perfect our bro is gonna pick us up with a tuk-tuk I was just about to say we're probably gonna find a tuk-tuk any second now and we'll hop right in so we got our guy here. Hello, my friend. Hello, wonderful and you? Oh, this is a nice-- this is a very nice looking-- oh, very nice it's a very nice tuk-tuk can I hop in? Yeah, sure. Oh, great can you take me to the pedestrian bridge is that nice?
Yeah, a nice city tour. Oh, perfect alright, we got our we got our bro here and-- and how much is it to go to the pedestrian bridge? Sorry. How much is it to go to the pedestrian bridge? City tour? Pedestrian bridge. Pedestrian Bridge?
Pedestrian bridge, I’ll show you. And a new new bridge new bridge. Oh I got a photo. Yeah, yeah, new bridge. This one right. There, you know that one? I know. How much is it? Go and coming? No, just drop off. 670 Oh, that's a good price for you. What
about for me? 500? 500? Alright. Let's do it. Why you go this time here you can go nice place, Red Mosque, Parliament Elephant area. Which one's the best? Yeah, sir I show you yeah. I’m in here waiting the hotel outside. Alright, alright. Camera video all the nice place. Oh, yeah. Very video you are Red Mosque, Parliament.
You're from? I’m from the US America? America. Obama Yeah, sweet, sweet, I’m glad, yeah, yeah. You understand? Oh, yeah yeah. You go tomorrow there, no time sure then I will drop no problem for you. Oh, I wanna see it when it's busy though so let's go pedestrian bridge now and then I’ll think about it. I’ll take your number. Thank you, my friend. Deal, deal. Alright guys, so we are in the-- Yes, sir I live in- in the US part time only when I go back to see family otherwise I just travel. So, yeah guys we're
cruising through I must say well while we're driving through here it is a very modern city compared to what I anticipated to be honest I just didn't really know much about Sri Lanka it wasn't that I assumed it wasn't modern it was just that I really didn't know and I am very impressed like they do drive on the left side of the road so the guys on the right side and oh looks like we just pulled over we're out of gas? oh, we're all out of gas. oh, we're restarting. oh we got something going on over there we're getting her going oh, there we go. Fire those engines up yes full speed ahead. We have nice towers. Oh, very nice. For how many days you are here? 30 days 30 days Very long time So yeah, guys I’m cruising through here it looks like they've got a lot of public transportation generally from what I’ve heard here in Sri Lanka or Sri Lanka is I gotta remember Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka is that you can take a lot of trains everywhere so in some upcoming videos we'll for sure be taking some trains but yeah, it's- it's really is such an amazing time to be here it's warm weather not too hot when you're walking around like it's very humid so it's hot during the day but it's perfect for going to the beach or the pool and you know obviously being an island nation here it is surrounded with that. Oh, we got cops right there they have guns, big guns right there AK-47s on the back. Wow, alright well
first sign of those and we're cruising this way towards that's the Galle Face area. That's where the hotel is. Oh, this is Galle Face beach right there Hello, Galle Face. How do I say hello in-- Kohomada? Alright, we got Kohomada [Hello] . Kohomada Sri Lanka. There we go.
Kohomada, Kohomada. [Speaking Sri Lankan] Alright guys, [Speaking Sri Lankan] This is right near my hotel the Galle Face, yeah. It's nice. Are we racing this tuk-tuk right here? Oh, there's the pedestrian bridge. Yeah, it looks nice. Oh, wow so a lot of street foods over here to get.
Yum, and tea to your coffees to go? Yeah. This looks like a great place so today's the weekend. Alright, oh we've got kites here and a bunch of stuff to buy. Oh, yes there's the bridge perfect. That's a nice-looking bridge. The bridge almost reminds me of Dubai and we've got a little public beach right there Oh yeah this looks like a very comfortable spot to walk around. Alright, wow, yes very busy today
on a Sunday. Alright guys it's a lively day to be cruising around. Hello! Oh, it's great to be back cruising in the tuk-tuk. Oh, yeah right here's the drop off.
Here we go. Here's our guy. Thank you, Mohamed, we'll see you later. Alright, had a nice ride over here from our bro comment below if I paid too much I can't really tell. Right outside here as you guys can see really just a nice design
to everything we've got like modern buildings surrounding us and everything and we're gonna go walk over to the pedestrian bridge it's a nice day to be walking around perfectly clear skies and a lot of people are out here on Sunday enjoying their time so it looks like this bridge here is open from 9:00 a.m. till 6 p.m. And after 6 not allowed to enter. Alright, excuse me my friends coming through. Alright oh yeah, our tuk-tuk driver wasn't lying it is very busy here today that's the nice part about going on the weekends though get to see where everyone goes. You can see from over there you got a bit of desert in between here and there sand see we've got the comparisons between cities here Dubai port city we've got Marina bay Singapore port city. So, you're getting a bit of an influence from all of these different cities here comparison. So, you can see how much time
they're spending. Oh, Chicago, there we go. That's where I’m from guys yeah so, it's pretty cool how they compare everything it looks you got a little bit of everything it looks like it's a really peaceful area over here even though you're in the middle of the city it's actually, quite quiet out here yeah, I get it's a pedestrian bridge you can only walk this way but it's a good way to be able to see everything in this time. Hello, my friends. How are you guys, good? Very good. Alright and we're coming into port city So, this whole area must be the future port city and right now this is just kind of like the first step in the project but you can see they've got some big plans to make it look incredible over here and it's beautiful I mean just look around here very nicely designed architecture just leading up to this way like I was saying in the tuk-tuk not sure if you could hear it on the camera. Is that it definitely gives that Dubai feeling with how like modern the architectures the walkway leading up to it. We've got some
sailboats over there catamarans in the distance definitely a vibe here in Colombo. You're gonna make me fall in love with this place too quick guys and we've got palm trees too. How can you not be happy when you're looking up at palm trees. Definitely, seems like a pretty common
local spot to come on the weekends here. So, everyone's catching some shade over here because the sun will get you for sure, I didn't bring my umbrella or put on any sunscreen so probably by the end of this video I’m gonna be as red as a lobster but worth it when we're exploring this area and they've really like done a nice job decorating everything like all along here there are many different sets of I want to say agreements or things that have happened I’m kind of walking faster at the moment because I want to explore a lot today. I only have probably four, five, six, maybe seven days in Colombo. Haven't really decided it's more of like an open-ended trip gonna kind of take recommendations as we go and end up there and so we shall see and we're walking up to the pedestrian bridge now quite magnificent. Alright, and here it is. It's not as big as I thought but you can see how much developments going on here. They're building everything leading into here
gonna be a whole new area for development and yeah this is like step number one it's like the gate into it taking a boat right under through here that is magnificent that's very nice Alright, here we go. Hello, how are you guys? People are a little shy here compared to Pakistan. We'll see though it's only the first couple hours walking around but you can see it's an amazing spot to see all around the city. We've got the whole skyline leading along and really Colombo stretches way down on the coast it's a bit different than you know like a traditional US city where most of the building’s kind of like are all sitting right in the center here very impressive the way the city's laid out overall over there it seems like it seems like they must have the water blocked off and then they're just gonna keep extending it into there there's just a lot of ground being moved out here and that's another bridge I’m guessing that's gotta be the car bridge just based on the design but this one really is a very beautiful one to- to be able to see I’m- I’m sure it's probably quite nice at night as well. Oh, how are you?
Got shy once the camera came out. Got shy once the camera came out. There we go, that's what happens. Yeah, there we go what was that drop a comment below what the translation is.
I know that one bye bye Alright, I think we'll get a nice little time lapse right through here. Yeah, it's a pretty busy day today seems like everyone's coming on their day off. That's a good photo. Alright, alright. What's your name? My name is Imran Khan. The king.
Yeah, the king. Yeah, alright sweet this is a nice bridge. What's your name? Also, the king. Alright my name's Mac.
Mac, yup, you got it. Yeah, you guys are gonna be famous now yeah. Exactly, let's go. Exactly, exactly teach me a word in Sri Lankan. Speaking
yeah, yeah, I know I want- I want to learn how to speak, okay. How do I say hello? How do I say hello? How do I say hello? Hello, hello, hi. Hi, hi, hello. Oh, yeah. Yeah, alright- alright that's pretty good I think that's the same word in English too. What? I think that's the same
word in English, Hi or hello. hello We lost the translation here. iPhone 11 pro? 13 pro.
13 pro. Good photos. Very good photos. You want a photo? Alright, lets get a photo.
Yeah, let's get one. Goodbye, my friends. Nice to meet you. Good photo, yeah? I don't know what that means I need a translation here. Bye bye. Goodbye, my friend. Goodbye, goodbye, that was a nice time. Have fun. See you.
Take a picture? On your guy's phone? Beautiful. One photo yeah. Let's do it. Yeah, lets do it. What's your name? Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you. Goodbye, my friends. We will see you. We're gonna continue on the journey here really nice to meet a bunch of locals here tried to learn a little bit of the local language but couldn't pick up on the words so we'll keep learning though by the end of the 30 days out here we'll- we'll definitely have learned quite a bit. Alright, already an eventful start to the day I think we're gonna cruise over to where those like food stands were because with how hot it is out here I could go for a water maybe a little cup of coffee too something to cool me down a bit and then we'll continue exploring really, I actually don't even know where I’m going or what I’m doing today this is just all part of the fun having no idea arriving here 36 hours ago and seeing what happens probably talk to some locals figure out what they recommend on the first day of exploring here alright guys and we're almost back to the entrance here oh that was a bit longer of a walk than I expected probably solid kilometer. Hello! Yeah, it was really nice though a good stroll right along the water and a cool way to kind of see how far the city really stretches from the coastline you know. Alright, there's our guy thank you, my friend. Very nice bridge. see if we've got any interesting facts here. You know how many years it took to
build the bridge? No, alright anyone? Nope. Alright. Thank you. Looks like nobody knows but that's alright. It is a hot one today as you can see even on a Sunday it's still a pretty busy day down here in Colombo right on the coast. I’m very curious like how hot it is this time of year compared to the rest of the year because I know it rains a lot in other parts of the year like it's- it's pretty hot today I gotta say it's maybe like 30, 35 maybe 32 Celsius I’m speaking of definitely not Fahrenheit and we'll take the let's say we got two options we go left or right. We're gonna go right at the fork see if we can find
something local to buy over here like I said you can see the sweat beads dripping down my face gonna need something to cool off here. Oh, we got cold water here how much for the water? How much? How much? One. Thank you, my good friend, oh, got the cold-water guys much needed and always whenever you're traveling make sure that the seal is on there because if the seal is not on there that means they rebottled the water but the seals on there the plastic wrap so this is good clean water 100 rupees I paid about with the current conversion rate that I paid for 200 rupees equals one dollar so it's about 50 cents for one of these 50 cents for me to cool off right now well worth it. Here we go guys ice cold water. That did the trick much much needed seems like we're getting into the shops over here we've got some fresh food being cooked over there got a little tuk-tuk cruising right along here yeah, a nice little vibey place not sure what those are that they're eating there but I think it was actually on the street where they were I think they were selling the coffee and tea although I’m not sure how to get over there now maybe there's a walkway right over there I guess we'll find out.
Selling all types of stuff here flying some kites seems like it's a chill spot for the locals. Alright, I guess we'll cross the grass here oh they've got kites for sale. I don't know if I know how to fly a kite let's see if anyone's oh there's quite a few up there actually already I know how to fly a drone pretty well that's a bit easier than flying a kite for me oh he's got some sort of noise maker over there oh, look what it is we've got a chili's oh yeah, I know the chili’s that's that's a good one no it's like an American chain if you haven't heard of it. It's all over the US everywhere now we're getting to the local’s area. Hello, nice people. Looking for some tea and coffee
somewhere around here I’m probably pouring sweat at this point what do you think guys pretty badly but hey I’d rather be pouring sweat than wearing a bunch of layers of jackets right now, so that's at least nice can not complain there and it just means pool time on the rooftop once I get back to the hotel later. Oh, hello. Someone just grabbed me by the hand right there I don't know why maybe they asked me if I wanted to buy something but when people grab me it kind of tweaks me out so I refuse to buy from someone that grabs from me. Oh, here we go there's the spot I was looking for right down there it looks like we've got some sort of drink stand this way that's gonna be necessary a lot bigger of a distance than I expected when walking from point a to point b just from that pedestrian bridge I’ve been walking probably for like 20-25 minutes already but to be honest I love walking through cities it's just a good way to get a feel for it oh, it seems like they've got some ice cream going on over here this might be the place to get some. Good ice cream? Good ice cream? Yeah, alright I don't know if they understand. Might have to get one. That looks quite good. Oh, yeah definitely gonna need one
Hello! Hello. How are you? Very good. Where are you from? The US. Yeah It's beautiful I just walked all the way over there that's why that's why I’m all sweaty yeah yeah yeah yeah Long walk so I need some ice cream to cool down. Good ice cream? Yeah, yeah, yeah Oh yeah, the good stuff here? Which kind did you get, vanilla? Yeah Oh, perfect, perfect, I’m gonna get one then. Perfect. My first Sri Lankan ice cream. I am ready
for it. Got a big crowd here so that usually is a good sign oh yeah, I might want one of those the chalk wonder shock look at this thing. Now that looks like a dank one. This one or this one? Oh, we got something a little more fancy down there. Hello, my friend. Can I have a wonder-- This one this one.
Okay, I like that price increase is on the go. Yeah, I’ll take the I’ll take a wonder bar please Chocolate. Yeah, we'll try out a little chocolate here that’ll get get the body temperature cooled down. Thank you. Alright, let's test it out here let's see how good it is.
That is delicious. Delicious Sri Lankan ice cream. I might have to get a second one yeah but I’m gonna get a belly then after I eat too many of these. This time is the hottest time of the year? Yeah. Yeah, but the best time to Visit ? Yeah yeah, yeah where do you recommend that I visit today in Colombo what's the best place to go? Galle Face. and Marthara you know? No, I don't know that. By the seaside. Oh the seaside. Oh, that's amazing. What's your good name? Yeah, what's your good name? My name is [__]. Mac, nice to meet you.
Enjoy your ice cream. Goodbye. Very nice people. Got some good recommendations on things to do while eating some delicious ice cream here. Much needed. Much much needed that's for sure. Take a picture please let's do it my friend do I have ice cream on my face am I clear? Yep yeah let's do it brother. Oh, it's bright need the sunglasses on
can't see. There we go. Let's try now. Need the glasses on for sure right. Yeah much better, much better, there we go.
Good one. Goodbye, we'll see you later. See you, bye. Some nice locals there. Hopefully, I don't have too much ice cream on my face otherwise, that's gonna be all over the gram well we're keeping up the walk here guys there's a lot of ice cream today and it makes perfect sense why. Hello! Hi guys. Hi.
It's interesting here people are a little more shy from the camera than in Pakistan. At first, I thought maybe it was just the people we ran into before but maybe they just got to open up to it a little bit more got some crows here hello yum yum looking for food oh, we got something going on over here some sort of plants there for sale some fresh nuts not sure I have the appetite for some nuts right now but it could be another time. Nice to meet you. Eliza you're from Colombo? A very nice city here. yeah, yeah and you what's your name nice to meet you, it’s a pleasure. Colombo’s a nice city. What do you guys recommend that I visit today anything nice? I don't know I’m trying to figure out where I should go anywhere you recommend? Thank you, brother, nice to meet you. Thank you, I appreciate it our bros are a
little shy here today but it's all right hey not everyone wants to be on the cam totally understand that. We'll figure out what there is to do one of these tuk-tuks I’m just gonna hop right in and be like take me somewhere dope. Where are you from? Colombo? It's a nice country. These are your boys?
Bus trip, oh very nice so you're doing a tour. Nice, enjoy it's warm out here. Very nice shirts looking good boys. Very good, enjoy. Nice to meet you. Oh, we got the stray dogs. Better watch out I don't want one of them coming after me hopefully they won't come and attack me.
And we are sneaking away, we got the dog looking at me. Oh, he's following me. I’m sure they're nice pups but you never know which country because I’ve been to some countries where dogs I don't know if this is the case in Sri Lanka but like generally I’ve been to a couple countries in the last few months where dogs aren't treated that well and so obviously with that then dogs retaliate against humans if you come too close to them so that's why I just try and stay away from stray logs as nice as they do look though I would love to pet them it's a nice vibe over here we've got a restaurant kind of just like built into the side of the the wall here that looks like a cool spot like see that in the ground right down there. You got the chairs you got a a slide right in there a ramp. Hello! So, this one's breeze barracuda vibey on the beach that sounds quite nice oh I wasn't filming guys but I almost just got hit by a car because obviously they drive on the other side of the road so I was looking the other way for cars when they're coming obviously from right here to cross well, I think we're gonna make it across safely we got our guy here. Hello, hello, how are we doing? And are they gonna let us through we got a tuk-tuk he's gonna let us through. Thank you very much appreciate it.
Nice people here not honking or anything made it across safely and we're walking into the city guys once again, no clue where we're going. We're all going on this journey together figuring out oh what there is to do in Colombo baby. Guys there's proof that my body's pretty warm you can see right there I have like a little indent in my like chest area that just pools with sweat probably disgusting but yeah, that's my body I can't change it oh thank you, my friend we’re just doing a, little strolling for now. Oh, we're just kind of strolling
around the streets enjoying. So. here nothing more to the restaurant for the downtown forecast oh, it's nice over there yeah good good area to do the cool stuff to do yes and how much you can go again come back here oh no just drop off so not-- Alright that's a good price let's do it. Oh, this is a nice tuk-tuk too we got freshly redone seats Alright guys we're back for round two tuk-tuks cruise . Oh, there we go oh that that air feels nice too right on the body. It's cooling me down. Where are you from? The US.
Oh, yes. 30 days 30 days? 30 days yup. So, one month? One month. What's your good name? I am [__] Omar? Hello! Very friendly locals here in Colombo. Yeah.
What do you like in food in Sri Lanka? Good Food? I like any type of food as long as it's delicious Local I’m like there's any rotis like this. Oh, that sounds delicious. That's what Sri Lanka is known for? don't forget. Don't forget alright. Oh, very nice so we’ve made it to the temple here, yeah? You can go from inside another one we have to go back big one The other side oh perfect, perfect. Yes that looks great. and this one's open today? thank you, my good friend, there's 400 for you for being honest.
Thank you very much. Alright, and we have made it here. Thank you oh very bright over here hello yup just finishing drinking water Is it open? Alright it doesn't seem like there's too many people here right now. Alright how much is it? 100, alright. 400? You have change? This is the nicest temple in Colombo best temple? Oh, very nice. Oh, thank you my friend. There you go, thank you. Here? Alright, get those shoes off we've got the ticket to enter. Alright, guys
we're entering into the temple. Oh, looks like here you can toss some coins I haven't gotten any Sri Lankan coins yet though but this is definitely a super cool place for sure gives me a similar feel to a lot of the temples I’ve been to here-- not here but over in Thailand when I went a couple years ago . Wow. Very beautiful can take the sunglasses off while walking in here. Oh, wow.
The designs, the shininess of the gold very beautiful. Even got that little thing on the back of my foot I was like why does my foot hurt it must have been from doing all that walking today over here we've got some more areas to check out oh this must be beautifully lit up at night see that they have the lights strung up and down alright we got the crows hanging out too. Hello! We got a viewpoint up top. and see what we can see oh looks like they didn't finish the remodel up top and that place kind of looks like a half-built building but it's pretty cool how they have a huge kind of like lake right in the center of the city and actually, there's a pedestrian bridge right over there that's probably a nice little spot to walk around on and you can take swans guys. I might have to go get on one of those little swan boats if I can drive it myself I guess we'll find out but it's a beautiful temple guys as you can see here we've got statues aligning the entire perimeter all the way around and just really a magnificent layout especially when you look at this building next to just modern right up there like the building is like almost tilted it looks like the way the architecture is so it's just such a contrast of like more of the traditional side mixed with the modern side I think that's what I like a lot about Sri Lanka is that you kind of get a mix of both worlds it looks like we've got some pelicans over there swimming around too looks like pretty, pretty, mossy water I’m not entirely sure I’d swim in there they're probably looking for some fish let's see if we see him go down this one looks like he's looking for something down there maybe oh there he goes I knew it. it seems like it was a failed attempt
over there look at the unit though I mean that's a big bird right there this thing is absolutely massive you pick up a couple big fish with that beak you got on you Wow! come on I want to see you get some chow here let's see you guys get some chow chow time or no? I know you can smell it my friend oh and oh, did we get it oh and he got one success I told you I could smell it too enjoy now you can see all the crows hanging out here looks like it must be some sort of berry tree because they're all chowing how is that pretty good tasty pretty good and tasty berry up there yeah looks like it. Sahten [Enjoy] wait wrong word. Alright, that's how I’m gonna get a bird pooping on my head as much as that's good luck I don't know if I want that right now last time I lost a hat. Alright, I say we walk over there guys that's just calling my name for some reason just going out on a swan right now that sounds lit. Thank you my friend see you next time. Alright, oh does this lead to the bridge, thank you. Alright, guys looks like we got a nice little stroll here and we're gonna be cruising down this way for a little bit taking in some nice nature over here. A lot of crows crawling
around hawking squeaking I don't know guys I just am in love with this building this modern building right back there because I personally love love love modern architecture and the way they designed it. It's just insane if I get up a little closer I’ll try and show you guys again guys as this is a first impressions video I will say one of the things that I’m really enjoying about Sri Lanka is like even in the middle of the city like it just feels quaint, quiet, and relaxing it is a Sunday to be fair so, I’m sure the hustle and bustle is a little bit stronger on the week on the weekdays but still it's just like so calming like I feel just very at ease walking around and not once have I felt sketched out at all not even the slightest bit I mean I’m only a couple hours into walking around but yeah, it seems-- seems like a really really great place to spend some time in. Honestly, I wish the visa was longer than 30 days I’d probably do more like six weeks because I’m honestly just a bit like concerned that I won't even have seen everything that I want to see and I like doing a big tour but anyway, speaking of tour guys we're coming across a bridge here although let's see here what do we got going on cable state bridge it looks like we're closed for business man, oh man look at that that looked amazing I would have loved to go on that Oh, guys look at this duck we just came across here super cool colors on it black and white Wow, I can't even tell where its eye is oh, there it is Hello, little ducks okay let me get pretty close I probably think I have some chow no chow here though boys guys we have found the swans I think it might be time to see if we can get on one of these. Yeah, good price? Two Five Zero Very good price. Yeah, thank you very much Very cheap good price oh thank you so much. Alright, so we're getting a
a swan right here 250 great price. Thank you. thank you, oh thank you. do you want something we have Red Bull-- How much for the Red Bull? 420? 420. What any juices in there? Let's try. oh, orange crush yeah yeah that's tasty yeah, oh that one yeah perfect all right let's do one of those the glass bottle sounds kind of nice oh yeah, we got a nice orange crush here guys a local Sri Lankan beverage. While we cruise out here oh thank you very much. Alright, oh and this is safe to drink? Yeah, yeah. Pretty good. Very good. No actual cap but it's a
Little rust on it. That's nice. Is this boat easy to drive? Tasty Very tasty. Alright, here we go. So, we're going out on the water. You have to see something far away there is a bow, bow. A bow? bow line bow. Border, border. Don't cross the border. Oh, Don't cross the border. Deal.
Don't cross the bridge. Deal. Thank you, my friend, that's my boat right there? Hello! Alright, here we go guys we're doing a little swan ride oh yeah swan ride boys? Let's hop on board oh this is a nice-looking- nice-looking, swan here we'll just hop right up in there make sure I don't drop the phone and boom, got a new driver. Just need a little drink holder right here that'll do the trick oh and we're off, we're off. Got a pedal sweet, alright and
here we go guys we're here we are in the swan faster alright we're picking up speed here gonna get the stunner shades on and here we go we're going like two kilometers an hour guys it's gonna be too quick for me gonna end up crashing you can see that you can fit a couple people in here we gotta sit there we got a seat there oh yeah, we're going all over the place now. I wonder if we're allowed to play bumper boats. I’m coming for you squad number two. Yallah [Let’s go] No, wrong language.
Already taking a break. Guys, it's nice once you get out here especially doing it right now at sunset because you can just see everything shining like I was saying that gold building now their reflections not just smashing into the-- Oh, oh they're playing bumper cars right there oh and they crashed they got a crash going right there oh looks like we're gonna be crashing pretty soon too we better head out this way you can actually see the space look needle looking thing I’m not entirely certain what that building is but hopefully while we're in Colombo we can try and make it up to the top because it looks pretty awesome. Alright, we're picking up speed now guys oh not gonna be able to walk tomorrow after the-- the quads feel this workout people look at the other boats like oh that guy's having fun on his own actually, technically probably tens of thousands of people watching this video so, I’m not fully alone just physically alone oh, there's a good view of that beautiful building I was telling you but the problem is from this angle you can't see the architecture they really do have so many modern accommodations around here got a nice orange crush we're sipping here I really hope I don't get sick from it so, as you can see the top has rusted over that's why they give you the straw I’m guessing but hey it's ice cold so that's at least good news. I see why you go with friends or family you can split up the pedaling then it's not as brutal oh, I’m following their lead they're going in reverse now I’m going in reverse oh yeah actually reverse is much faster and it's way easier don't really know where we're going right now, but the views are at least beautiful we're just cruising now guys we're hands-free got the GoPro mounted as we're cruising around honestly, it's pretty good to do this as a afternoon thing I’d say probably midday it wouldn't be as beautiful because you just simply don't get all the building reflections that we're getting right now yeah, it's a nice little stroll here and honestly, it's a good workout got a workout in this morning plus a leg workout now I’d say that's pretty successful if you ask me, I think we're probably gonna go dock this thing up now the fun- fun has ended and it's time to continue exploring before the sun's completely gone on us guys we're probably getting pretty close to the sunset at this point I’m trying to figure out how to dock this thing right now, pull it around or something we got World Noswan coming through make way make way hopefully we don't have a crash landing here guys you never know man, we're coming in hot we're kind of rocking side by side but I’m gonna show you guys where we're heading as you can see, we're getting pretty close to that ledge we're cutting her right or left so, my other right and land ahoy nope not yet oh, here we go we're coming in for a stop oh let's say we got we got some traffic put on reverse put on a reverse so we're gonna be crashing into the wall oh man come on come on baby oh we got a swan right there alright we're controlling this thing pretty poorly right now come on baby bring her back to shore Alright so, it's opposite to turn this thing guys at this point we're kind of just doing a 360 because I screwed up that landing I’m not gonna lie I’m struggling a little bit not with the workout part but with turn this thing the right direction alright let's try and try to bring it bringing her back to shore here take two take two we're coming in hot there he is they're waving us down they're probably like is he coming full speed ahead we're coming in hot now. Alright, here we go we got an audience watching us pull up yeah, we're bringing her in nice let's get a nice little shot from right there bringing her in almost ripped the steering wheel off there guys but we're coming in a little quick how are we doing looking good oh yeah, we're making a soft landing here there we go safe and sound took about six tries but hey better late than never right got the crush got the phone oh, that's a solid workout that's good oh, that was an amazing time that's a workout though good workout very very nice time yeah yeah come again I’ll be back again is there a place for that my friend very good exercise very very good exercise thank you very much my friend for you yeah, it's a tip it's a tip yes sir I don't need I don't need for you thank you wow you guys are too kind I’m not hungry but how about I buy you an ice cream yeah, I buy you an ice cream no no for you for you. Come again. Alright, I’ll come again okay oh alright you know I don't need extra money because I’m honest oh, but it's a tip for being honest I like to I like to give tips to people who are honest you have to say something don't believe anybody many people say it means take you someone. That's true
Yeah, you're a good man I appreciate it and what's your good name again I am [__] nice to meet you my name is Mac. Nice to meet you. Thank you so much. Goodbye my friend bye thank you you too Alright, I am pretty sweaty after that one cool solid workout I’m thinking we walk down this way see what's going on over here first impressions here have been pretty fun guys a lot to do a lot going on at every second and many things to see and it looks like there's the graveyard of the out of commission or the decommissioned swans people probably went full speed ahead way too quickly oh, that breeze That is quite nice let me tell you that alright we got the we got the sun going down yeah go down six o'clock and you know a good place for the sunset yes, beach can you go to the beach number one best place in the city yeah this is the number one no and you've got the Colombo’s one Galle Face garden that's the best sunset best in the whole city yeah and how much to go 500. 500 how about 400 we got a deal. Okay. Alright, let's do it you're
from US? US yep that's your name Mac. can I drive no no I have a license I have a license but it only works in the US yes you can see the place also yeah all this yep Hindu temple no some of those are for tomorrow sunset today perfect yeah, we don't want to miss it 30 days full speed ahead get the full speed what the full speed the full speed yep alright here we go. Here we go. full speed ahead in Sri Lanka Hello. These guys are like this guy's nuts there we go baby we're cruising the streets of Sri Lanka right now flying down the road our man's really pulling us around here yeah, there we go we're getting to that sunset just in time oh, that's great that was what we call full speed ahead oh we got the police he's coming police coming that means we gotta go full speed ahead now go go go they're gonna be coming after us hello police you're not gonna catch us this time oh, oh we're getting stopped here they got us got the police right next to us and oh we got a bus coming at us we've got a lot going on here oh, we got a tourist bus and Sri Lankan cricketers. Oh yeah
Yeah here we go full speed ahead here we go are the police coming after us or are we escaping we're escaping that's how we do it we've dodged them hello my friend yeah YouTube yeah, yeah exactly it's gonna be a good video another police nope not police there no money no police oh, we got more police a lot of police over here let's see if they're gonna bust us Alright looks like there's a bit of a traffic jam over here oh, how many does he finish 28 more days two days oh no 28 more days yeah, I’m only two days in I just arrived we're cruising the streets guys honestly now that the sun went down the temperature is much nicer oh, this looks like a cool little spot hello oh, this looks like a great little spot to get some food there a lot of construction going on here in Sri Lanka too lots of new buildings Very big buildings they're building port city how big how long will it take to build port city I don't know many many weeks how many years did it take to build a pedestrian bridge oh no I think I don't know yeah, very nice one oh we got a big let's see if we're gonna make it across yeah there we go oh and we're going for it are we going for oh oh they're going oh here we go this is how we do it oh wow it's getting busy at the beach cool got the police there too and we have arrived that was speedy my friend quick and easy that is how we get down to the the beach very very fast oh, that's great alright our guy definitely deserves a tip for this thank you for the good ride my friend no change thank you we'll see you next time give my number if you call any time oh perfect yeah yeah alright you have a business card business card number yeah I'll send you if I'm coming yeah. Thank you. Thank you my friend. we will see you next time oh, can't get through there gotta find a little spot to squeeze through here we're back at the beach guys but whoa there's like 10 times as many people here as there was when I was here like three hours ago, everyone's coming for the sunset it looks like wow alright we came to the right place hello hey I know you how we doing good to see you bro oh and we got it good to see you bro take care oh, alright good spot for the sunset yeah seems like we've got thousands of people down here hanging out and catching the last race here I don't know if we're gonna get much of a sunset though because we have the clouds covering it but wow look at how busy the pedestrian bridge has gotten I don't know if you can see it in the GoPro but I feel like there's lines of people all the way across it [__] nice to meet you and this is the best place to watch the sunset yeah perfect it's beautiful rays of sun coming in yeah yeah yeah, you're from Colombo yeah yeah this is good hello yeah, it's nice you know how to fly the kites no no a lot of people are flying them right now it's pretty busy down here everyone comes here every day a little English no English a little English I don't know oh, you do so this is the best place to watch sunset in the city yeah, it looks quite like it very nice mostly in the evening yeah, I was here a couple hours ago, there wasn't very many people now there's a lot that. Where are you from? the US yeah so, the gentleman here just got some fresh fruit I’m gonna try one of these out what is this pineapple with some sort of spice on it that's nice it's got a at first bite you can taste the spice then you get a nice juicy taste of the pineapple right after that that's good it's a nice snack thank you how do I say thank you my friend perfect oh looks like he wants something well cool gentlemen I’m gonna keep walking it was nice to meet you thank see you guys goodbye very nice met some locals and gonna keep cruising this way hello we're this way what do we got going on over here yeah what the face of the video live oh yeah, we'll put them in the YouTube video all right yeah, tell me something great in Sri Lanka oh yeah where are you in this hi my name US video yeah oh yeah hi smiley face Good ones? Gotta get them in the camera, yeah. Tell me something good in about Sri Lanka.
Alright some good ones perfect thank you my friends okay we'll see you next time goodbye oh, another alright another one all right good one alright thank you goodbye my friends wow it's like quintuple to the amount of people that are here that's crazy I was literally only here like two hours ago but obviously it makes perfect sense especially with today's sunset it's a pretty unique one and so you know you don't always get your clouds going showing like that along with some rays shining right through there so that adds a very nice touch to it guys I happen to walk over here just in time they're actually taking the flag down if I would have walked even a second later I would have missed it because they're already about halfway down and we're moving to be honest it's probably easier for you guys to see this from my phone with them taking it down maybe you can see it from the GoPro from there too but I’m curious how they go about this oh you see that so way out there in the distance one of the guys just marched to the end and he's gonna grab the flag and oh, and oh he's got it there we go so that's how they ensure it doesn't touch the ground there's basically bunching it up grabbing it and slowly moving in as the other guys on the right continue to pull it down so it seems like they're more just scrunching it up together would have been a good spot to be right out there on the bridge while looking out yeah it took three of them I mean that's a massive flag it's gotta be I don't know maybe three meters tall hard to tell from here oh, and it has been disconnected the wind's really pulling it you can tell alright now the folding process begins oh, almost touch the ground there oh actually, there's three up there I didn't even realize there's a fourth person actually, standing in front I’m assuming they do this every single night too because when I was at the hotel yesterday and it seems like the one at the hotel way down there is still up but they did the same process right at sunset it just goes to show you how much of a process it is to take down the flag every day I put the camera down and I was doing I was kind of just like strolling around I just looked back over and they are still holding it it looks like and that's been like maybe even more than five minutes six or seven minutes but you know it's really a very delicate process because you got to fold it exactly probably how the standards are this is all my assumption I’m just going off what I know with other flex ceremonies like this that I’ve seen in other countries but like it's you know you got to make sure it's done perfectly you obviously have a huge crowd watching respect for the country you don't want the flag touching the ground and and it's just a huge flag so you combine all those together it's a proper effort and I’m very curious where they store it after that alright so we've got a closer view here and it looks like it's on maybe some sort of rod that's how they keep it there much easier to see here from this angle though alright they've completed the process and now they're doing a 180 degree turn a few steps forward okay so it looks like the flag's got a side staircase it's going down oh actually, we have one two three four five six a sixth guy over there so there's a lot of people involved in the process guys I think that's probably where we'll go ahead and end today's video it was a great first day checking out this side of Colombo I didn't see that much of it yet but definitely over the next couple days we'll be doing a big tour definitely some food tours trying out some local stuff and we'll see what else there is to do in this area and once we get through those videos I think you'll feel pretty content with how much we've seen here in Colombo so I’m excited to see more of it it was a amazing first impression though like I said like my final thoughts are that people here are really welcoming really friendly prices are are very good you know things are very inexpensive to do a lot to see a lot and yeah, great time feel very safe here so that's it guys if you've enjoyed watching the first impressions video make sure that like button if you want to see more videos both here in Sri Lanka and all around the world hit that subscribe button below and I’ll see you guys in tomorrow's video [Music]
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