Welcome back bro 🇱🇰

Exactly im utterly shocked just how much cleaner Sri Lanka is compared to India even though its literally off the coast of India. I was in India 2 years ago and my god..

it is anything but modern

​@@fired_dumbo123 you must living in Manhattan 😘

Clean and Modern? Common. Modern in what sense, Tell me any achievement made by Sri Lanka so far.

I find Sri Lankan history a great achievement. From fighting off invaders from 900s to 1815 and literally spreading Theravada Buddhism to Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam etc​@@shiningstone6771

i thought srilanka sold his land to china. especially Colombo

​@@pra3sh746never did there only like 2 buildings that belongs to china and still government has most shares, people just saying it because we take loans from china but in reality every country takes loans.. usa has like 3t usd debt like Bangladesh has 180b usd n sl has only 30b... Sri Lanka takes loans mostly from china due to relations

⁠​⁠@@pra3sh746 there’s the Hambanthota port and that isn’t owned by China it’s on a lease and I think what you’re mostly referring to with your comment is Port city in Colombo that’s a different economic zone of its own and it’s a PPP with FDI inflows from many countries,so there’s a difference between selling land,leasing and direct investments.Also,Port city is still in development.

@@Pixeelated Right on,we did default on our loans due to decades of economic mismanagement and projects that didn’t generate any export revenue so that is to be expected but I would say it’s a rough comment to say we sold land to China,our corruption is bad but this isn’t like Africa where China can simply buy mineral rights and what not.

Welcome to SriLanka. As a srilankan who grew up in India for 15 years, I assure you, SL is way different.

Sri Lanka at its best :D

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As a Sri Lankan I wholeheartedly agree with this

Yes our culture and value system is Buddhist... I am a christian. We all can live in harmony. This is what's good about Buddhist culture!

@@deshalpandithage4208 ❤️❤️

Genuine Buddhism , 😂 in Sri Lanka 🤔😂😂😂.

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@@prasannavisvalinkam do you have any problem with buddhist culture?

Thanks bro :D

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yeah, Danny my Tamil friends in Jaffna are so welcoming..get the adventure from there as well from south Colombo friend!

make sure u carry enough water bc its kinda hot at the nothern part of sl

The economy is not in shambles RIGHT NOW, it WAS in shambles 2 years ago. Today Sri Lankan economy has already bounced back, growing at 3% per annum in 2024

So you saying because a religion we need to risk public health . And ltte used tamils as human shield . They bombed to colobo,kandy . They killed 41 monks in a bus and killed 142000 sinhalese .

what do u expect? lmao they are pretty much the whole population if there arent those people who should be there?indians?americans?brits?chinese?

Another delusional Tamil 😂

Colombo is clean, its genuinely clean even when you compared to south east asian countries and some cities in china. Im from Vietnam, and compared to our capita, colombo is pretty clean all right. Sri Lanka is a poor country as it is classified as a lower middle income country. What are you on about open Sewage? thats a genuinely false statement, sewege is treated in sewege treatment plants. Although recycling is not mass executed there is are certain regional organisations that does it. Most of the trash it dumped into landfills which are a good distant away from cities. For instance, if you head near the sri lankan parliment where they have tons of canals and stuff you would find them to be clean and have uncontaminated water. You seem to know a lot about Sri Lanka. Are you Sri Lankan or did you spend a lot of time there?

@@WilliamLi-nd4lz I'm not making up stuff, if that's what you think. Open sewage is indeed real, and there is nothing false about it. I have absolutely nothing to gain by giving this information to people. Colombo might be clean compared to larger cities in Vietnam, like Saigon or Manila in the Philippines, but by no means is Colombo clean. There are, of course, some clean areas, mainly business areas, recreation areas or tourist areas. Some areas are better than others, but overall, there is litter wherever you go. As for open sewage, as you questioned, the wastewater management in Sri Lanka is abysmal. It is important to inform people of this, because you can get utterly sick from sewage pollution. Most of the sewage is sent in pipes, rivers and streams straight into the sea. The pipes are laid far away from land, but it's not treated at all. Don't kid yourself if you don't think this is common in most other countries. I live in Norway, one of the most developed countries in the world, and the municipality next to mine, across from the fjord I live in, does exactly the same. They have a main pipe, with all the untreated sewage from the city collected in one giant pipe and then pumped into the middle of the fjord. The municipality does this because it is cheaper to get a fine from the government than building a proper sewage plant. This is pretty common in Asia, particularly coastal cities in Sri Lanka. Sometimes you can see the pipes stopping at the shore, and just pumping out crap, because the municipality can't afford to lay pipe into the ocean. If I want to go to the beach and have a swim, I always stay away from a beach that has a river or stream running into it nearby, as it will most likely be polluted, unless you are in a national park or close to one. Sewage connections are only available for certain areas in Colombo, meaning wealthy residential areas and business areas. Some people have septic tanks that get emptied, and that stuff is treated. Most wastewater is not treated. Blackwater (from toilets) is sometimes treated, but greywater (water from shower and sinks) is almost not treated at all. There are areas in Colombo with closed sewage and proper manholes, but that is certainly not the standard. If there is a high-rise building nearby, then most likely there is proper sewage. As for the rest of the residential areas in the city, the sewage is indeed open. By open, I mean that there are ditches dug next to the streets which are covered with cement lids, but the lids have large holes in them to let the gases out. That's along the streets where you walk. There are other ditches too that run inbetween buildings, which are not often seen, and they are indeed open, and not covered at all. There is one right next door ro my wife's house in Colombo, through the neighbour's plot. They are very common. A quick Google search tells me that 3% of rural sewage is treated, and 12% of urban areas discharge wastewater (black and grey) into sewage for treatment. Most of the aforementioned trenches and ditches does not go to a water filtration plant. They run into rivers, streams, lakes and the sea. Most of it goes into a stream and then into the sea. Every open water source in Colombo is polluted by sewage, just so you know. When the parliament was taken over about a year ago or so, they threw many of the politicians into the nearby lake outside of the parliament. Most of them got sick because the water is contaminated by sewage. There are many clips on KZfaq, you should check it out. When asked if they can have something to drink, they are served cups of tea while standing in the brown water of the lake. Never, ever should you drink form a stream, a lake or wash your clothes in it for that matter, unless you are living in the highlands or Sri Lanka, like Nuwara Elia, Hatton or the Knuckles mountain range. Lowland and coastal water is the most polluted. This stuff goes into the groundwater and contaminates drinking wells too. If you're in an area that has been flooded, the open sewage spills into the streets, and there will be sewage in the water 100%.

@@Suspended.Solitude spot on

For Indians it's bit expensive

@@dilshanNaetothe problem is that Sri Lanka is not a good value for money at all. Everything is pretty much European prices - groceries, restaurants, services…and you go to Thailand, Indonesia, and you get much more for the same money. You go to Vietnam, and you literally pay 1/3 of what you spend in Sri Lanka and also get more for your money.

@@kubowich Then go there lmao no one is stopping you. Sri Lanka looks like an awesome destination for me personally after seeing this guys video. I was in India 2 years ago and it was incredibly polluted and unhygienic compared to what I see in this video which is like a borderline developed country with uncluttered tourism. Definitely my next holiday spot in this December winter season.

CMB nightlife is goated , same with the daytime tjeres alot of places to hangout n have fun time of course the prices are high cuz cmb is the main n most developed city in the island

@@hoehoe360there is nothing goated about Nightlife in CMB…the city is dead by 11PM. And it is not “more expensive”, it is simply overpriced. In Bangkok, Saigon or Kuala Lumpur you get so much more options and for half the prices.