This is Colombo, Sri Lanka!
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
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BUDDYMOON DAY 376/1000 (VLOG 102)
After being in India for a month, we headed down south to a new country called Sri Lanka. We landed in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka where our adventures began.
As we did not do much research on the country before coming here, we decided to walk around Colombo and just see what the city had to offer. We heard that Colombo is home to Asia's tallest free-standing tower, so, of course, we had to go to the very top.
We also tried some food by Galle Face Beach and then saw a snake, yes... a snake. It was not an ordinary snake but a python and a Cobra, this is where Leanne got a little brave and decided that she would like to hold it.
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Colombo is CLEAN.... Yes 👍 Loved it
Very clean. We were so impressed 😊
😂😂😂😂
Bye Bye Buddymoon from India. Do visit again.
They left india months ago this is recording 😂😂😂
They left india 1 month ago this video is recorded 😅
We made so much content in India so we just needed to catch uo😊 We will be posting 4x a week to catch up to real time 😊 so enjoy the content overload.
Must vist india wagah attari border during independence day you will the craze. .
I am honest with you Sri Lanka is the best clean place I ever seen in South Asia. I still recommend to visit in my Country Bangladesh. Specially in my city Chittagong. I recommend place like Foy's lake, Sajek valley, Cox's Bazzar, Saint Martin. There are few Best place in Chittagong also. But not super clean like Sri Lanka.
We definitely plan on visiting Bangladesh 😁😁thanks for these tips.
Thank you very much for your comment .love from Sri Lanka
@@janakiabeysundera1734 You organize your country well.
📌🤍🤍
Thank you for your honest view and recommendations ❤🖤
Love to both of you from india. do visit again. Sri lanka is a beautiful country
Thank you so much for your lovely comments .
awwwww
I will appreciate your comment. Bro we love india as well ..
you know as a sri lankan even i shold pay 150 lkr to go 1km in gampaha city😅400 is fair in colombo,that first 200 guy surprized me saying its just 200 , seems like he confused and said that price without knowing english,btw enjoy the visit🥰
I'm surprised how clean Colombo roads look. Great vlog. Prices (after currency conversion) seem to be on par with any major Indian city. But that lotus tower was expensive ! I guess that's why haven't seen any vlogger in SriLanka go up that tower.
That lotus tower was crazy expensive😲 but we had to do it as it's the tallest free standing tower in Asia😲.
sri lanka is a much cleaner country than India. Atleast people are aware where to spit and throw wrapper unlike the idiotic Indian people who don't have basic sense of hygiene.
ps : i am an Indian
As a sri lankan. I also agree with you
Why are you surprised ?
@@pankaja7974 Because, in my mind, Sri Lanka's economy has always been less than India and I figured, Colombo probably looked something like Mumbai. That's why I was (pleasantly) surprised to see its state.
Probably the first video I saw on Lotus Tower by foreign vlogger lol! Kudos to you showing a wonderful experience around the tallest tower in SA. I saw some Vloggers underestimate the costs. First I thought you would not do it. But was surprised you decided to do it without underestimating it. I think it's fully worth it! Showing this attraction and supporting it, you really show you are patronizing Sri Lanka tourism!!!
An Indian here, and you a Lankan? Just curious. Yes, I never knew Lotus Tower could be visited from the inside and had a fair bit too offer. They ought to have more facilities though at 7500 INR. For tourists from the subcontinent like Indian Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan it is still steep even after currency conversion for us at INR 1923.
@@basilsylvesterpinto10 Yes I am a Lanka living abroad in the West. I have visited Burj Khalifa in Dubai some years ago. This is privately owned business I believe. So $20 for foreigners is really not much considering the upkeep they need to do. I am not sure whether they do this, but they should consider giving SARRC countries some discount.
@@wlog101 so depending where you are based in the West it would be either peanuts or otherwise. If you were a true bled Lankan you would have understood.
@Basil Pinto 🤣🤣🤣
All over the world tourists attractions are costly.
Specially tall towers with a 360 view
@@basilsylvesterpinto10 The tower is not really aimed at all at the locals as an attraction, and the price to go an visit the tower is very typical international standard. I paid the same to visit a tall tower in the middle of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam (Saigon) and that is of course also there a very steep price for the locals. By the way, I also bought a cup of coffee and a fresh juice in the cafe in the top of that tower, which probably, in all seriousness, cost me the same as an entire weeks budget to eat vegetarian food at restaurants and street food vendors, so basically crazy expensive, to local standards.
Welcome to Sri Lanka, both of you can have fun to your heart's content. Sri Lankan people are very kind and friendly people.🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰
Greetings from London, I hope you're enjoying the most beautiful island on earth SRI LANKA....and its beautiful people. Have a lovely holiday take care and stay safe. ✌️✌️✌️
Thanks a million for your lovely comments about our motherland.
Love from india 🇮🇳❤️❤️❤️
As a srilankan much proud of you both sharing beauty of srilanka to world and promote srilanka highly appreciated friends.
This tower in your video looked the most interesting in Colombo! The 360 degree view of the city looked really amazing!!
Even as a Sri Lankan I've never seen that flag going down thing before lol I guess there's still many more things even for us to explore in Sri Lanka haha. Anyways nice video guys. Very cool stuffs. Hope yall enjoy your rest of the days in Sri Lanka.
Really... There were so little people there so cN think not many people know about it.
Many more videos to come😁❤️
I hope srilanka have overcome from their economic depression.India is always there for srilanka in providing any kind of fuel or funds. Hope srilanka recover all over .
The economy is already recovered now, 🇱🇰❤️🇮🇳
on the other hand same india is always for insult us as beggers and downgrade sri lankans , so no thanks we love china
Sri Lanka is almost recovered from the economic crisis. Thanks India for not leaving us alone in the difficult time ❤
@@sanjayaperera4040 idkin
@@sanjayaperera4040 india 😂😂😂😂
Guys inflation is high now in Sri Lanka
so don’t bargain too much. It’s their job so be reasonable and respect their jobs. Not every person unfair. Enjoy Sri Lanka ❤
Inflation is everywhere.. here in Singapore things have doubled in a couple of years... Nobody talk about it...
The same in Denmark. Same wages, double prices in many things. You should see my electric bills this winter, and I live in a house, which is heated by heatpump (electric) in a climate, that demands indoor heating at winter. Just one of those three months electricity bills could be as much as a standard yearly income in Sri Lanka, and it also for me were breaking the bank. Still, hustling of tourists is a major problem in Sri Lanka and also growing and don't even try to convince me, that it is not: I have been there nine times and my ex-wife were from Sri Lanka. Last time I were in Colombo, and I do mean last, as I am never ever going there again, a tuk-tuk driver hustled me off 4.000 Rupees for a ride to a Hindu temple, which I could seriously have walked to in five minutes. They do well by sticking to the Uber listed prices, and it would be my advice for tourists going to Sri Lanka now, or to entirely go places in rented vehicles with fixed prices, as renting a scooter or even tuk tuk. That's what I did last time in Sri Lanka, which both saved me a lot of money and gave me freedom to go places on my own. By the way, renting a vehicle do also support a local, and not a hustler. I am not saying, that all tuk tuk drivers are hustlers, but they sure operates with tourist prices, and many indeed also are hustlers. In Sri Lanka you really never know, who you get a ride with. I had my worst ever taxi experience in Sri Lanka, and that even along with my local wife and her mother, who picked a tuk tuk driver, who clearly were on drugs and nearly ran us off the road several times! He actually did bust a wheel on his tuk tuk, which I only saw as funny: He earned nothing by scaring the shit out of us with his dangerous driving, that is for sure! You forget, you can support your local tuk tuk driver, because he is your neighbor and you know, that he is good guy, but that is not the case for a tourist, when we come to a country like Sri Lanka and basically anyone with a tuk tuk can act as a taxi driver.
It’s very good gesture guys, you are supporting the economy of Sri Lanka in these difficult times❤️❤️
Not when you complaint about $.50 coconut being expensive. Typically not even the locals haggler with poor street vendors and look for opportunities for support them. I wouldnt expect you to support them financially but not cool to haggle with those poor people when they are already offering a more than reasonable price.
@@lahirua Well, that were the one thing, that actually clearly were overpriced, and I have been in Sri Lanka nine times. Last time in August 2022, by the way. Even then in Ella, which is expensive and a bit of a tourist trap, I never paid more than 100 Rupee for a king coconut, and don't tell me, that the locals do not haggle street vendors: That is like your one national sport, man! My ex-wife were Sri Lankan!
this channel defines what FAKE HUMBLE MEANS .... at least the bees got paid back their hypocrit humble shit....trying to bargain coconuts , boat ride . wtf...
@@1corinthians15.1-4kjv yes that's why is your ex wife now...
You guys are really doing good. One feedback 100 rupee is almost nothing in here. I felt like you are barging everything without idea of honest price make the seller uncomfortable and confused. It's always nice to make everyone happy in the end. Most of them are honest people only few crooks around that easy to track. If become generous bit your videos will have more positive vibes ❤
yeah im with you. distance between two locations is about 3km. so 100 is enough for 1km 🙂
Was thinking the same. Feel sorry for the drivers and sellers. They were lucky people get not angry about them. 😮
Prices are too high in Sri Lanka because of recession . Love from India to buddymoon❤
That makes sense😜 some places were expensive.
@@thebuddymoon yes obviously 😜
As a Sri Lankan I can guarantee it is not. Actually prices went down (when turned into foreign rates) after the recession.
That is not true at all. Yes, especially the energy prices has driven the prices up for a while, but you can eat on a restaurant much cheaper in Sri Lanka, than I can even buy the ingredients for, by a long shot, here in Denmark. 200 Rupees for a king coconut is expensive, also in Sri Lanka, so that is a tourist price, but 200 Rupees are half a US Dollars! What can you get in Europe, USA or South Africa for half a Dollars?
28:48 mhogo is cassava in Kiswahili, I'm impressed by the gentleman. It's rare to see people who are familiar with African vocabulary outside of Africa.
I expected to see chaos in Colombo because the news made Sri Lanka look like it was at the beginning of a civil war. I love your channel because it shows what's going on vs sensationalist journalism. Good job guys
Sri Lanka did have a crisis last year, but now all is okay, and it's honestly such a beautiful country 😊😊 but yes can't always trust what the media says.
Sho, we did not even know what a cassava was let alone mhogo so we were impressed too😊
dont believe western and indian media, we didnt even felt that crisis much as media showed😂,as problems we just had food price doubled and 2h-5h power cuts and a fuel quota given to every citizen, power cut was affordable ,food too and food is not a problem for sri lanka there is enogh water and food cuz 80% of lankans live outside cities , they have big gardens to grow , actually rich people dont like to move to cities,abandoning their family owned lands,westen and especially indian media wanted to put the fault on china, but the real problem was presidents foolish decision of banning every chemical fertilizers for get non toxic food to avoid kidney disease and cancers , but he banned all by one night without doing it gradually , think what happened when a country mostly depend on agriculture exports like cinnomon , coconut ,rubber and tea? all exporters faced loses without fertilizer and cuz of covid we also havent much revenue from tourism , thats why sri lanka couldnt pay the debt and faced a crisis, what china have to do with that? nothing😂
That's cuz dutch colonized us
@skipper you are 100% correct. This dirty Indian media with ulterior motives planted fake stories about Sri Lanka.
As usual when ever Sri Lanka is doing well India always do something bad to pull Sri Lanka down .like 30 years LTTE TERRORIST WAR SERVIVED WITH THE HELP OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. THEY TRAINE AND ARMED THE TERRORIST S
INDIA HAS MUCH MORE POVERTY THAN ANYWHERE IN SOUTH ASIA.
BUT THEY TALK ABOUT PAKISTAN.
AND SRI LANKA. 🤣🤣🤣
The news are always lies and damned lies, sprinkled with some fear-mongering on top. I was there in August last year, when the protests were supposed to be on their highest, and never saw a single protestor! It is like all political protests in any nation: Avoid the big city centers and government buildings and you most likely would never even encounter any protest at all!
If you are in Colombo, you should try SriLankan foods and visit one Galleface shopping complex which is largest complex in SrILanka. Any way, thanks for visiting Srilanka and there are many places and good nature to explore and enjoy your time in this island and hope you will visit SriLanka once again.
Beautiful....million thanks 4 both of ur hardwork and sharing this clip❤❤❤
I live in Sri Lanka! 500 is wayyyy to much for galle face from lotus tower. I’m so glad you guys took the Uber instead:)
Ohhhh...i thought you guys are returning from India.
Lovely to know you are in Sri Lanka.
If you are going North Eastern Sri Lanka let me know, my friend lives in 'Kurunegala' City.
Ohh buddy finally you both are in srilanka ohh good nice trip let's enjoy 😊
We are warmly welcome you to Sri Lanka 😍 🇱🇰
The buddymoon travellers are used to USD to INR exchange rate. The USD / SLR is 322. The coconut was approx $.50 approx same price as india.
200 is expensive though, for Sri Lanka. I have paid down to 30 Rupees for a king coconut and even last time, in August 2022, I never paid more than 100, and that were in Ella, which is as much a tourist trap, as central Colombo is.
@@1corinthians15.1-4kjv You won't get Thabili for rs 30 even in rural places unless its already about to go bad after siting in sun for weeks. Average price these days in colombo is Rs. 100-220 depending on place and size.
@@rwrajithaI as an indian visited srilanka and king coconut I paid is srllanka rupee 100 rural side equivalent to Indian rupee 30/- Srilanka is cleaner than India
@@1corinthians15.1-4kjvro find out what happend recently in sri lanka. Our president did crazy things. 2021 maree biscuit price only rs30 but now it's price rs100. everything has changed🙄 . Don't talk with out searching
As a Sri Lankan, I did not get a chance to visit the Lotus Tower because I live in another country. I was very happy to see this video.🇱🇰❤️
Bro bargaining for 0.30 $ for that Casava chips..Which is reasonable..You won’t get that for even 3 $ in west…Same with that achara(pickle) thing..Good u didn’t argue for that..For Tuk tuk normally it will be fairly higher when u take instantly without the use of app…So 250 might be a good price..
Oh my god.😳 Leanne and Dan, I love to see you guys in my beautiful country. Welcome to Sri Lanka.😃😍🙏❤
Thanks for visiting Sri Lanka. Have a safe flight 🛫. I'm from California .
I think the coconut was not expensive.. I have seen in many videos the price was either 150 or 200 depending on places
Thank you for visiting Sri Lanka ❤. From lotus tower to Galleface beach is only 200 or 250. 500 is too much!
We thought so too😜
Beautiful 🎉🎉🎉...million thanks 😊
Hey Its me in ur vlog 10:15… ❤ from India 🇮🇳
Hey man😁😁 hope you enjoyed it on top thre like we did😁
@@thebuddymoon yeah… waited so long for this vlog
Look forward to sharing more videos with you 😊
200 for one coconut is fair price thats not expensive bro
I feel you guys misunderstood srilankan rupees with indian rupees in here 100 rupees mean USD 30 cents
Nice video chaps! Gave a good snapshot of the city. Lots of positivity and happy vibes helped. Keep up the good work!
Awesome vlog love from Pakistan 🙂. As a Pakistani I fully support love and respect South Africa and its beautiful people from Pakistan 🙂.
Why don't you guys start respecting your own people first? The minorities of Paxtan, for example? Your fellow South Asians? People of other faiths? The true heroes of the subcontinent who fought for freedom from the British? And start recognising that the Abdalis and Ghaznis and Babars are not your heroes. MBQ invaded Multan, looted, plundered, and killed its people, and force-converted your ancestors. Start recognising your roots. Your roots aren't in Arabia or Turkey or Central Asia.
First respect your own minorities. They are Paxtanis first.
@@SSPTravels Bring your hate & politics somewhere else
@@autoworld871 Why shall I not h-ate? H@te started from the other side always and everywhere. And don't forget the cross border ter-r0rism.
Aybuvan is WELCOME! not Hello, and you basically should never say it! Or, to be precise, when they come to your home or business or country, say Aybuvan! The tower were not yet open for business, last time I were in Colombo, so interesting to see the view. The beach is called Golden Beach or Gold Faced Beach, probably refer to the light at the favored times of the local there, the sunset. God Bless!
You both are so professional and casual doing a great job in covering the full Galle Face Green activities... Also you'll have done home work on history of Sri Lanka😊
You visited India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. You will found cheaper and better food, stay options and urban amenities in India than other two beautiful coutries. It is because of high per capita income and better living standards. Also the indian currency is way valuable than other south asian countries. There you will found prices in hundreds or even in thousands; however in India you will get the same food item within Rs. 100. it is because of currency rate and deteriorating economic conditions in other two countries. India is developing with better living conditions. Hope with the economic ties with India in future Sri Lankan economy will improve soon. Lots of love and wishes to our Sri Lankan brothers and sisters from India 🇮🇳🤝🇱🇰
Sri Lankan GDP
STANDS AT 4600 $
After economic crisis down to 3800$
Indian GDP
STANDS QT 2800$
SRI LANKA IS STILL DOING WELL IN SOUTH ASIA.
BY NEXT YEAR SRI LANKA WILL BOUNCE BACK MUCH STRONGER
Quality of life has always been better in SL...pls look at the health education conditions and mortality rates and comment. However due to economies of scale and population there is higher GDP in India but not per head or per capita.
The orange coconut is actually called a "King Coconut"
1km is 100 rs in three wheeler ... normal price if its 3.8km he stated a reasonable price 400 rs (nelum kuluna - galle face)
200 Srilankan rupees = around 50 indian rupees, so i guess its not that expensive
I have never paid more than 100 Rupee for a king coconut in Sri Lanka, and that top price even were in very touristy and expensive Ella, August 2022. I have paid down to 30 Rupee and 50 is a standard price, even in places like Galle and Colombo. Yes, 200 Rupee is expensive, and the vendor even agreed!
we've noticed Leanne really have the balls for tough stuff. 🤣
😂😂😂 Lance😂😂😂
Stunning , awesome and splendid ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
My friends those are not orange coconut, they named as king coconut and ayubowan mean live long life bro.. and also colombo is not the capital of sri lanka. It is financial capital. Capital of sri lanka is sri jayawardenapura kotte. Enjoy the tour my friends... Love u guys from Sri lanka...
Excellent video - great courage - loved the snake part - awesome
So I wanted to enlighten everyone about the difference about private vs uber tuk tuk price beacuse everyone seem to have a wrong idea about this. Bottom line uber only charge you only for journey and problem with private tuks are they have charge you for the trip and their wayback. For example lets guess, maps say there is 2km for the ur preferred destination, private drivers have to take you 2km and they also have to come back to their original location counting its 4km. So Uber drivers have this advantage where they can find another customer from ur destination so they can be very cheap compared to private drivers. It's not usually unfair if private driver ask you not more than the double the uber price. So there you have it. Hope this is helpful.
Hey, you guys are awesome in traveling ❤ Love you to ❤
Thank you very much for visiting our country.Appriciate alot.
I like your comments about Wagah border of Pakistan. And hope it will remain in your memories.
As a Sri Lankan, I always use uber for my tuk drives becuz it's way cheaper and safe and also I should say I never knew about the flag thing, but whenever we hoist the flag we always play our anthem not when we bring it down. It's actually nice to see that scenario with the sunset.
6:01 leanne was like "oh don't finish all the juice" 😂
😂😂
Thank you very much for visiting SRI Lanka..the Uber price is very reasonable and 400 is too much....so brave to hv that python.. 🔥🔥love Ur videos ❤️❤️❤️
Lotus Tower 7,500/- SriLankan Rupees for Foreigners 😮😮
But Just 500/- for Local Srilankans..
15 times more 😮
Yep that's Sri Lanka... They do this everywhere. Zoo, National Parks, Temples, museums, EVERYWHERE. Went to Sigirya rock and I paid 10 500 rupees and my boyfriend as a local paid 100 rupees!! We go to temples... Boyfriend goes free and I pay 500-2000 rupees! It's disgusting! Everywhere is price for local and price for foreigners! I cannot recommend this country to anyone coz they are really greedy with foreigners.
120 rupees for 1km is a fair price..specially in colombo...
Thank you for visiting sri lanka .enjoy ur stay in sri lanka
Good job guys I’m glad I found you. I was looking at Sri Lanka for a cruise next year I love the accents I’m from Michigan US❤
Hi my dear friends.. You are warmly welcomed to Sri Lanka and invite you to visit other fascinating destinations of my country. You both are really lovely. Take care and enjoy. Thank you very much for visiting sL.
Enjoying all your travels👍🏽
I do have to mention though that’s it’s so weird how Daniel seems to always have something to say about the cost of things, as if to say that everything is overpriced and haggle worth. You would never do that in a developed country like at the Empire States building … you would haggle entry of 40$ pp. But you do it all the time in developing countries… why?
Because it is the same price for everyone, which it is absolutely not in Sri Lanka. You haggle the prices on everything and so do the locals: Don't even tell me otherwise, my ex-wife were Sri Lankan. She would haggle even the local fruit and vegetable vendor and sure would never ever pay 200 Rupee for a king coconut! More likely 20 or 30! By the way, I paid for several family picnics, when I were in Sri Lanka with my now ex-wife. One memorable one were going to the run down zoo in Colombo, where the entry ticket price for the locals were 100 Rupee. I paid 2.000. There you got your answer! Maybe we should start to take 20 times the ticket prices for tourist from Asia to our major attractions here in Europe?
26:34 the way she said "nooo from the spices on that olly olly" hahaha she is so cute.
Welcome to again in India take care
Brother and sister you must come our Bangladesh. every foreigner said we have great hospitality.our culture is similar with India and Sri Lanka. so both of you come and enjoy a lot ❤️🇧🇩
I think South Asia very cleanest country Is Srilanka 😊😊
That cocunut is have only in sri lanka.it called Thabili
So the normal tuk tuk starting meter 100 and after 1km every other km will charge you 80. And the location u visited is Gall face beach 🏝️. Love ur videos bro keep traveling Sri Lanka
Do love your personality ...that shines true with the beautiful country
FYI, After economic crises most of packed foods 100rs up, there value of 50rs is nothing
කොළොම්පුරේ රියසක වල නාලා වාදනය වෙන හඬ ඉතාමත් අල්පයි මේකේ.සුවර් එකට යක්ක පුත්තු අවුරුදු වලට ගම් වල ගිහින් ඇති. ඊයේ පෙරේදා අර පොලිසියන් නවත්තපුවම මීහරකෙක් කියනවා ඒවා තියෙන්නේ ගහන්නලු. ශබ්ද දුෂණය ගැන ඌට පන්තියක් තියන්න ඕනේ.
ඉන්දියාවෙ වගේ නෙමේ ලංකාවෙ ලොකුවට හෝන් ගැහිලි නෑ පාරවල්වල
@@skipper2594 මේ ගහන ටිකත් හොඳයටම වැඩියි, එයාලා අපේ අල්ලපු වත්තේ හිටියා කියලා අපිත් ඒ වගේම වෙන්න ඕනේ නෑ. අපි ඔය අහල පහළ හැමෝටම වඩා වෙනස් නිසා තමයි මේ අය ජාත්යන්තර නැවතුමක් කියන්නේ, උතුරු පැත්තේ තියෙන පුංචි ඇස් ආසියාවේ කට්ටිය හැරුනම. ඒ තත්වය මේන්ටේන් කරන්න හැම පුරවැසියෙක්ටම වගකීමක් තියෙනවා. ඒක තමයි ලොකුම සිස්ටම් චේන්ජ් එක.
@@kdes1212 බස් වලින් තමා හෝන් ගහන එක වැඩිම.
The Tamils of the north is as much indigenous to Sri Lanka as the Sinhala is by now, or how many millennia would you say, that it takes for a people to be a part of a nation? Did the civil war and the bloody end of it teach you nothing?
You guys are wonderful! thanks for sharing your travel journey! Cheers 🥂🥂
Both of you smiley and cute faces, that's why we love you soo much. 🎉🎉🎉 ❤❤❤ Love from India 😂
We invite you to come and experience the wonder of Sri Lanka
Leanne is brave 👏👏
Thank you hehehe. 😊😊
it"s called a king cocunut(the best one)
That orange coconut is called king coconut which is only found in sri lanka
THANK U SOO MUCH FOR COMING TO SRI LANKA
Im alsoo sri lanka
Is this how it's done in South Africa? bargaining a price for a paddle boat ride which is less than a dollar! And man you think the king coconut is expensive ? I'm sorry bro I don't think you're going to find any cheaper prices elsewhere !
Well, you are wrong and he is right. In Sri Lanka the locals haggle everything, and my ex-wife were from Sri Lanka. If you don't as a tourist, you end up paying many times the price. I love king coconut, have been in Sri Lanka nine times, including some long stays, and I almost bought a king coconut every single day. I have never paid more than 100 Rupees, and that were in Ella in August 2022, Ella being a known expensive tourist trap, but also very beautiful place of course, and that was in the middle of recession and energy crisis, where everything were expensive, relatively, in Sri Lanka. I have paid down to 30 Rupees for king coconut and even in places like Galle and Colombo the standard price is 50.
@@1corinthians15.1-4kjv How am I wrong Mr Right ? It's unfortunate that you had to haggle with your ex wife/wives for a good deal and that's has led you to believe that everything in the island is overpriced!
I'm sure you must have paid 30LKR for a king coconut when the FX rate for a usd was around 100 LKR whereas now it's 350 LKR .
So if you knew how inflation works you wouldn't have even bothered writing here.
Long long gone are the days of 30 and 50 LKR king coconuts !
To say bye in Sri Lankan is to say "cherrio" just like the British. I don't know if you have heard of this British term in South Africa. The entrance to the lotus tower tends to charge the foreigners and tourists more than the locals. This is why its more expensive. Even the tuk-tuk drivers charge more. This is a major scam in Sri Lanka and all foreigners have to be very aware of this.
Guys 1 Indian Rupee = 4 Srilankan Rupees, which means that 400 srilankan rupees = 100 INR, which is slightly expensive for a two km ride but not crazy. You did it for 200 srilankan rupees on uber which is 50 INR, which is cheap. But Uber does have promotional prices in many cities and pays these drivers extra. So your ride might have been subsidised by uber. Note that Silanka has faced a very bad economic crisis and is trying to recover from it. Petrol and gas is very expensive there. So these drivers are not making a lot even with the prices you considered a rip-off.
The fries were 100 srilankan rupees i.e. 25 INR sounds cheap to me as an Indian. Also the sour fruit you guys ate was indeed Olive. It was not oli oli, The guy was just repeating the name Olive twice thinking that by doing so your guys would get it. The accent in this part of the world is different so you have to listen carefully to understand especially when communicating with the poor strata of the society who has not had the good fortune of getting an education.
We're definitely not confused about the Indian currency rate. Although the ride is 200 Sri Lankan Rupees with Uber, the local is charging more than double for the same distance, which is not justifiable. By negotiating, we are trying to get a fair price that benefits both parties and be mindful of our budget
Silly, you are absolutely WRONG and that in both accounts, that you try to lecture these young travelers from South Africa about: Oli Oli is referred to as "blu olives", but they has nothing in common with the Mediterranean olive and is indeed a indigenous Sri Lankan tropical fruit. When have you ever heard olives referred to as a food for women only, by the way. I am a real man, I can tell you, and I love olives, not oli oli! Second, I have paid 4.000 Rupees for a tuk tuk drive in Colombo, to a Hindu temple, that I did not even want to go to and seriously five minutes walking distance away! If you do not haggle in Sri Lanka, you are getting hustled. If you are not going to haggle big time in Colombo of all places in Sri Lanka, you are going to be hustled big times. My ex-wife were Sri Lankan, and she would never enter a tuk tuk or buy anything, without haggling first, I can tell you. 400 Rupees is a tourist price, which the Uber price also illustrates and Uber do not subsidize their drives, but instead take a fee for forwarding them the ride. Where on Earth do you even get such nonsense? Maybe you should stop, seriously, seeking council of unclean spirits (demons!) in your yoga and transcendental meditation!
@@1corinthians15.1-4kjv Sir, I am not here to troll you or anyone else. I was just trying to be helpful based on what I know. Based on your suggestion, I googled oli oli and really nothing related to olives came up. Moreover, the olives they were eating were not blue if you watched the video. They were brown in color. So even on that account oli oli does not make sense. as far as Uber subsidizing prices is concerned, a simple google search will tell you that Uber does in fact subsidizes prices. This strategy is a part of building a customer base. The cost associated with this strategy is known as Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC), a common terminology used in the start-up industry. Also, I am not saying one must not negotiate the prices but all I meant was that 400 Srilankan rupees is not a rip-off (based on fuel prices and comparative spending power in India. Now you can go bite your tongue!
What is your first impression of srilanka as a south asian country
Make sure to visit India again!
When you're here next time, be sure to check out Hyderabad as well 😃
Hi Guys! Loved to see your vedios and got addicted to your trips...! Next time I hope you do visit India again... 🎉
All the best for your future trips 🎉
Then Colombo was the rich 🤑 city 💓 so was surprised 🙀
Come to our country again, there are many beautiful places in Sri Lanka
27:29 cassava manchokka මන්කෙදක්කා not sweet potatoes 🍠 two distinct varieties and flavors
Sri lanka is a beautiful my country ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
King coconut was not expensive. Thats the price range. Its like a half a doller
It is at least double price, and I have paid down to 30 Rupees. In Colombo and Galle the price may even be closer to 50 as standard.
We can't even buy a cup of tea for Rs.100 now. Inflation is no joke bro. bargaining with poor road side venders is not nice.
BS! My ex-wife were from Sri Lanka and sure would not buy anything, even less on the streets, without haggling first. If tourists do not haggle in Sri Lanka, they get hustled.
Lovely video guys thanks for visit to sri lanka
What’s the name of that lake? Looks cool
Leanne, I like your negotiating skill. Its not terrible just only a little😂. Local Srilakan druvers charged way over the uber fare price. About the snake, you look terrified in the video.😊 Enjoyed watching
Hahaha I tried😂😂 Uber is best... Way cheaper than local drivers.😲 that snake was huge😲
@@thebuddymoon As a many times returning visitor to Sri Lanka and also formerly married to a local woman of Sri Lanka, I absolutely would recommend you to either haggle and do it good or use Uber as much as possible (and other such services) or rent a scooter or tuk tuk instead, or you absolutely will be hustled in Sri Lanka. No doubt about it. What can I say, my ex-wife and her family or for that matter my friends from Sri Lanka in Denmark, where I am from, would never take a tuk tuk ride or buy anything in a street marked, without haggling and agreeing on a price first! If you do not haggle in Sri Lanka, you get hustled! 100% sure!
Loving couple
Thanks for visiting Srilanka.
Its not oli oli. Its Srilankan Olive. We call it Veralu.
It is a blue olive, but it is not an olive, as we know it from the Mediterranean, but an unique tropical fruit indigenous to Sri Lanka. It taste nothing like the olive, that they would know!
very nice video , Goldfinchs travel & tourism also provide best tour packages 😍
Do not use meter taxis, always use Uber or Pick me, that's what even locals use.
Salt is good in tropical areas, one tends to loose via sweat hence good to replace
120 rupees per km is a very fair price.
Very nice matching couple.. ❤️❤️👍
Good luck guys.. 👍❤️❤️💐
Wired cake thing ? Why you called it “ wired” ? Just because you haven’t cultured enough it doesn’t mean it’s wired… did expect SriLankan street food to serve French pastry ….?
every country have their own food … be mindful of your words…. Thank U n be respectful for different cultures
You be mindful, will you! They were commenting the texture, you freak!
Orange coconut is called 'King Coconuts'. And 200 rupees (60 cents dollars) is not expensive, it's the normal price.