First Impressions of COLOMBO, SRI LANKA! Travel Vlog
all right give it a taste first full day such a beautiful day here we are very busy out here smell in here is very strong like there's no trash on the streets it's amazing hey everyone how are you good probably should have watched this too I guess but Yuri oh well look at that what year in school are you we're at the Lotus Tower are you excited I'm very excited hello everybody this is Doug and I'm here in a new place for me I'm in Sri Lanka and I'm in the capital Colombo Sri Lanka now if you guys saw my previous video which was my journey all the way from New York I was teasing a very special guest in this upcoming series of videos from Sri Lanka well here she is drum roll please it's my sister Mallory we're here Mallory just got here this morning we flew separately right now we're just out and about exploring a little bit so you can see lots and lots of people here and um first impressions for me at least it's super super clean no trash anywhere there's a lot of people around enjoying with their families it's Sunday afternoon evening so stay tuned we're going to explore and we've got a whole lot from Sri Lanka coming up this week all right give it a taste the mystery item it's good yeah so it's colored coconut interesting what's the name for it again does it have tobacco in it or no oh the beetle nut yeah okay okay and then honey and then grape coconut and then the beetle got it so you're supposed to spit it right then herbs herbs okay and you're supposed to spit yeah or no either way yeah sure let's try why not yes one piece please by the way guys this is charm ibon he is from Sri Lankan tourism board and uh we're working together this week he's going to show me some of the best highlights of Sri Lanka with Mallory and uh I'm very very appreciative to you thank you for everything already it's gonna be a great week thank you so much let's see how it works here so what is what's he putting on here sugar yeah thank you okay yep no sugar wow it's so pretty happy I just just wait bite half of it okay here we go oh a little more than that you get me extra honey okay now the whole thing yeah you can just um speed once you've done it I mean either way you can eat it or follow it you can eat the whole thing yes no um tobacco or anything thank you more sugar all right I'm swallowing the juice it's good it's kind of herbal sorry I'm talking with my mouth full but there's no other way kind of herbal a little bit bitter and sweet I think I'll probably spit it but I actually really like the flavor you mostly yeah what are the other spices Savory there's Beetle nut in it like an addictive thing right can I get it um yeah yes please I don't want to eat all of it but anyway it tastes really good now our next stop you'll be trying it I don't know about that I got some of it on my hands thank you very much oh that was nice just a little sweet treat crossing the road in Sri Lanka here we go guys so we're heading back to our car and then we'll see what else we get up to alrighty guys so we came back to our hotel it's called the Mount Lavinia Hotel this is actually a colonial building it was the governor's Palace during the British colonial days so you know it's an old Palace it is quite magnificent they've got a big old pool and the best part is right over here it's the view see it's starting to get towards Sunset so it's a little dark but absolutely beautiful got the Indian Ocean all around us a lot of people on the beach there we are just here waiting for the sunset and enjoying a nice warm weather Cool Breeze it is very very nice okay cheers guys thank you chum I think you should start the day no you start okay just give us a little intro okay today's day two are officially first full day first full day um we're about to have breakfast apparently I'm gonna learn how to eat with my fingers are you excited I'm very excited yes it's true good morning guys you can probably get a little bit of a better view this morning because it's nice and bright and early and as Mallory said today she learns to eat with her hands with her fingers let's go these are called string Hoppers apparently it's like noodles actually I love eating spicy food for breakfast I don't know it wakes you up so yeah Chum was saying the only way to eat this food properly is with your fingers because you have to be able to mix everything up together oh my gosh it's such a beautiful day thank you so much you know what that's for sure yeah yeah all right Mallory now the key I've learned is to not be afraid of getting your thing don't don't be too dainty with it you know you really gotta just get in there grab some of it and just kind of mix it around I'll have to ask Trump for some more advice grab a little bit of everything get it nice and Saucy in your fingertips like this and then please use your thumb to kind of push it into your mouth big moment everybody please like and comment words of support for my sister here here you go oh nice good well done no very first bite that the very first one how do you think how do you think she's doing magic hello all right guys we are on the way to petabazar we're gonna see the action at the bazaar and right now we're in a tuk-tuk I think it's your first cook yeah wow all right guys here we are very busy out here today Monday morning um okay okay from there only my dad also came he started as a Trader first of all he was a trainer he don't know about the dry fish he knows about the dry fish and started and now it was a very big shop so they do most like wholesale everybody this is Livi he's from the Tamil Community here and uh he works in the dried fish industry here in petabazar so we're going to check it out and uh you can smell it in the air already I think we've arrived is this it here yeah all right thank you so much lots of dried fish here from Iran Iran ah okay very interesting Thailand India okay the smell in here is very strong I compare it to for those of you that have ever owned pet fish it smells kind of like fish food because that's really what it is dried fish that's very very strong and you have shrimp here and everything huh salted dried shrimp excuse me got a lot of traffic coming through this is my sister Mallory Mallory so you are the boss here yeah very nice and where are you selling to like restaurants or hotels everywhere yeah okay how long have you been in this business 60 oh my goodness oh thank you that's very nice thank you thank you oh it just brought us some Fanta cheers thank you very much I forget how this is okay okay sorry yes so Vinnie and his family are from the Tamil community so the two main ethnic groups in Sri Lanka are the sinhala and the Tamil and so there's two different languages for both the groups as well so you're speaking mostly Italian both okay we don't have any uh any Division division no yeah it's all one country but multiple languages So It's Tricky a lot to learn okay thank you so much thank you appreciate it yeah great to meet you so guys all along this area of the bazaar is wholesale food so you can see here they've got more dried fish these are larger dried fish behind us over here you've got onions and all sorts of things hello how are you good thank you so much yes absolutely well what are these these clothes shop shark yeah okay cool big dried fish here and then you've also got the small tiny little shrimp so you can make curries out of your color so you can see everything getting unloaded here people transporting it to the various shops I have to say guys I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I came to Sri Lanka like the closest thing I could think of that for what to expect would be India because it is very very close to India but so far it is feeling very different than India it feels like a more chilled out kind of calmer version of India and much cleaner too and I know if I say calm right now you probably think that's crazy because I'm in a big Market but overall generally speaking that's the impression that I've gotten here like there's no trash on the streets it's amazing how are you these are like a couple of Main Ingredients we use for day-to-day cooking and they have garlic also oh my goodness so much of everything all right guys we're getting away from the wholesale market now we're getting into the consumer market so this is all for sale to individuals and check this out they've got everything in this long covered Market I have one how are you Doug yeah what's your name DJ nice to meet you all right lead the way Mel oh we got dates probably from Arab world somewhere look at the little pineapples they're so yeah they're so tiny they're like the size of your of your hands how are you how about you good nice to see you what are you guys selling is this green bean uh yes nice I should eat this oh yes you can eat the whole thing okay let's see fresh off the market stall very good boom thank you guys it's delicious would you like some green bean sure all right it's done tastes like a green bean yeah very good very fresh look at this tropical fruit what's that Mel what's it called again we call it jumbo jumbo are you gonna try it he said we need to wash it oh wash it okay probably should have washed this too I guess but I'm very oh well all right we've got a market traffic jam here got a cart of onions we've got a guy carrying sex another card coming through and some trucks and some cars whoa so much traffic you gotta stay alert out here where are we going this way all right cross real quick yeah look at this they're gonna squeeze right between Fishbones wow look at this you got a big old fishbone it's still kind of uh there's a little bit of meat on it sauce I'm gonna take some of the flavor with me check this out guys I said yesterday there's a lot of blend of colonial architecture here look at this amazing Colonial building apparently it used to be a museum it's closed down but the market just kind of envelops it all around it oh yeah and there's the Lotus Tower where we're gonna be going later so stay tuned for that all right guys it's time for some milk tea hello how are you U.S yes sir what do you call a milk tea in in cinema very dark tea huh wow oh my goodness look at that wow amazing and there it is thank you so much um okay give it a sip now it's done really good so good yeah I love it very sweet very creamy very strong tea it's that perfect kind of cappuccino color thank you bye-bye the midday t-stop is essential when you're in this part of the world it's just amazing so good hits the spot every time so delicious and now we continue onward foreign guys we are now crossing the road so we are about to take this walkway there's Mallory Mallory Mallory wave high so there she is we're gonna cross over and I think there's a train station over here but anyway we're gonna go uh check out a few more stops here in Colombo then at the end of the video we're gonna go to the top of the lotus Tower hopefully and get a nice Sunset View so stick around guys we've got a lot more to see Let's cross the Let's cross the street here everywhere everywhere around this whole Market you've got people selling things even along the bridge here all sorts of things socks bandanas stickers and toys for kids lots of stuff and then over there is the Lotus tower that I just mentioned all right let's catch up Colombo fort so here's the train station guys this is nice because they've got English here in Bangladesh that was not the case and it was very very difficult to figure out how to book a train ticket and you can see through here here's the trains be taking one in a future video so subscribe if you have not already here's the train station all right guys we're back on the move and we're passing by the town hall right now really really cool building here almost looks like the U.S Capitol or something and then directly opposite is Victoria Park it's a really green really nice park I'm so impressed by I don't know all the green spaces and the cleanliness of Colombo I think I've said that a few times already but seriously it's just amazing really really loving it here so far all right guys we're coming to a quick stop here at Independence Square right behind me here where you can see this nice building is actually the site where the independence from Britain was officially signed in 1948 so this is where the territory formerly known as Ceylon became the independent country of Sri Lanka you can see some people hanging out here we just met some students who just got out of school and they were really nice as well so you guys are what what year in school are you great great great nine uh High School what do you guys want to study when you go to I want to study I I like I.T nice all of you I.T
western music western music yeah oh cool wow nice instrument yeah piano I used to what about you guys Japanese you're learning Japanese can you speak some no okay and you huh okay okay very nice all right and it's time to continue hello guys we're skipping forward a little bit we went back to the hotel and had some lunch but now we are in a new spot a very famous spot in the city we're at the Lotus Tower there it is above me it is 365 meters tall or almost 1 200 feet I just had a chance to fly the Drone outside and I think the shots were pretty cool the view of Colombo we're only on kind of the base platform here but they're already really good and I think we're going to be heading up to the top very shortly all right guys so I'm here with jamet he works in business development for the Lotus Tower yep and when did the tower open September 15th oh wow okay I didn't know that yeah okay cool September 15th 2022 so it's only been open for about three months that's good here we are this is Cutting Edge brand new Columbo guys all right guys we are in the elevator and we are heading up to the top you can feel it feel the ears popping yeah here we are wow all right wow there's a nice breeze up here oh my oh my gosh wow look at that hole Port infrastructure over there check that out got a big big Port over there and the railroads wow so nice that it's open air yes wow yeah the water sports has been over here water sports yes okay what do you think of this Tower it's your first time here yeah is it your first time cool I hear they're gonna make a bungee jump on it they said yeah in March hopefully the lights are on guys Sunset is coming very very windy up here holding on to my hat oh wow look at it see if it comes out nicely on video so guys you know this place is very new this restaurant isn't quite open yet but eventually this space where we are now is going to be a revolving restaurant and it is truly already revolving take a look here where I've planted my feet and if I speed this clip up you'll see what happens when I stand still here and it's only going to get worse from here people so yeah it's revolving very slowly maybe it goes around once an hour or something I'm not sure alrighty guys we have come back down to the bottom now and it's starting to get dark out here I just flew the Drone again and the whole Tower is lit up it looks pretty cool so I hope you guys enjoy that but other than that this is the end of the video probably a very long video hope you guys enjoyed hope you enjoyed meeting my sister Mallory Isn't She Lovely see in the next one we have a lot more coming from Sri Lanka bye-bye
2023-01-27 04:26
