I Explored the Friendly City of Colombo, Sri Lanka. 🇱🇰

I spent an afternoon exploring Colombo without much of plan. No plan, no worries, there's always something to see, do or eat in any big city.

I was staying in a hotel in the Colombo Fort area so that's where I started exploring, heading towards the Pettah area. Pettah is quite a rough area but there's a lot of action going on there. It's also where the Red Mosque (Jami Ul-Alfar Mesjid) is, which is architecturally stunning.

After some time in Pettah I wanted to check out a cleaner and less chaotic area in Colombo so I took a tuk tuk to the Saturday Good Market behind the Colombo Racecourse Mall. It's something like what we'd call a 'farmer's market' in the west where things are quite highly priced but it's all top quality stuff, better and fresher than what you could find in the supermarket.

I tried a lot of food there including some cashew nuts that were roasted with Kithul Jaggery, Sri Lankan Hoppers which are pancakes made with flour, cinnamon tea and Carrot Cake from an wholefood cafe called Milk & Honey that isn't exactly local Sri Lankan food but was absolutely delicious.

All the vendors at the Good Market were incredibly friendly, the place wasn't so busy and all the food was incredible. I'd love to go back there in the future with an empty stomach and make a whole 1 hour vlog about the place.

I also got to watch a local football match that was taking place right beside the market as there's a big stadium there and I could hear the roars of the fans. I found my way and enjoyed soaking up the atmosphere and my KFC mojito.

I ended the afternoon with a walk along Galle Face Green, a very popular hangout spot next to the sea. A nice way to end my first day in Colombo.

TIMESTAMPS *

00:00 Trying Thala Candy
3:10 The Red Mosque
4:34 Friendly Fruit Seller (Achcharu)
11:55 Saturday Good Market
21:24 Local Football Match
24:40 Galle Face Green

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