Becoming Negombo's Best Boat Man 🇱🇰

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NEGOMBO, SRI LANKA: After my encounter with the local fisherman in the previous video, I made my way back down to the beach in Negombo so that I could go out onto the ocean and become Negombo's best boat man!
I found a group of fisherman who would take me out on a boat here at the beach in Sri Lanka. I had so much fun, particularly when we had to power over the waves as we entered and exited the Dutch canal. I was absolutely destroyed in the end though because I got my hands dirty helping different locals get the boats out of the water. Hard work in this heat believe me!
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@89prabash Жыл бұрын

Sri lankan Costal people have surnames like Perera , Mendis , Fernando due to Portuguese influences

@truebelief3631 Жыл бұрын

Apart from Negombo, there is a suburb of Colombo known as Moratuwa where the surname Fernando predominates. The top 3 surnames in Sri Lanka are all Portuguese, Perera, Fernando & De Silva in that order. In comparison the locals don't have that many "British" surnames. This despite the British ruling the entire country for 150 years , while the Portuguese only occupied the coastal areas.

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

And what’s the thinking of how/why that’s the case? I mean you’ve obviously explained it - Portuguese occupation, but were family names not a documented thing previously, was it Inter-marriage between Portuguese and locals, fashionable to take on new names of the new occupants or was it something that was enforced etc?

@truebelief3631 Жыл бұрын

@@TheWanderLife , It was not enforced, the locals simply adopted these names because it was fashionable or convenient. Many went back to their original surnames after the departure of the Europeans. Yes Intermarriage was encouraged by the Portuguese & resulted in the Sri Lankan "Burgher" community, majority of whom are now to be found in Australia. But these are Sinhalese who are not mixed , but simply have Portuguese names. Worth pointing out that not all of them are Catholics , there are also some Buddhists with such names.

@duncant3894 Жыл бұрын

Enjoying your Sri Lankan series..thx.

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

Awesome! So happy you’re enjoying!

@Eagleeye644 Жыл бұрын

Hay Wayne, you are a super good man. Hope you enjoyed the boat ride. Shame it wasn't a real fishing trip. Take care and stay safe, enjoy out of city Sri Lanka.😊

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

Heyyy! Thanks so much for the kind words! I know right, although after being out in the sun and being pelted by the humidity, I’m somewhat glad in the end it wasn’t an hours long fishing trip 🙈😂

@kumarwarna59 Жыл бұрын

Hi Wayne , This is my village where I grew up , just right behind the hotel !! Watching this brings back nostalgic moments of my life spent and memories of my childhood days swimming with my friends everyday after school 🏊‍♀ ! Thanks for visiting and showing the beauty of Kochikade Kammalthotupolla . Greetings from London just gained a new subscriber and shared this to all my village friends from there ! Enjoy your time spent in Srilanka 💙❤.

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! Great experience for me but all the better that you got to connect with your home through the video. Makes it well worthwhile for me. Hope London’s treating you well! 😊

@sinhalamoviereview Жыл бұрын

Great video ❤❤ 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 😊✌🏻

@vijayafernando1 Жыл бұрын

great video. My grand uncle was the only fisherman who carried on our families ancient tradition of being a fisherman in Negombo. Many people have christian names and we have probably been christians for 1900 years. Some of us came from India.

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

So do you think it will eventually be a profession that’s left to those with bigger boats etc and these typical fishing areas/villages will be a thing of the past at some point?

@peacelovehappiness3502 Жыл бұрын

@@TheWanderLife i dont think so the karawa are like a clan who have strong cultural ties to negombo

@TJ-xt6dg Жыл бұрын

Was waiting for this... nice work 👏 ❤

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

😊✌🏻❤️🇱🇰

@pathumsanjaya4645 Жыл бұрын

Geat video ❤️ 🇱🇰

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much ❤️🇱🇰

@piyumibhagyani4699 Жыл бұрын

What a grate video ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I’m glad you enjoyed 😊

@sawana Жыл бұрын

Thank you for coming to Sri Lanka.. ❤❤

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

Very happy to be here 😊

@jasonhordan Жыл бұрын

Becareful of heat coz it's eating me up in Sri Lanka 😤

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

Mate honestly, it’s brutal hey! I’m in Trinco right now and just had my 4th shower of the day and already sweating it out 😂

@kaveesha96 Жыл бұрын

🇱🇰💖✌️

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

😊✌🏻

@ruwaniekanayaka7666 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

❤️🇱🇰

@yousifyoukhana2418 Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️🇱🇰❤️❤️🇱🇰❤️❤️🙏👌🏾🙏

@Two_under_four Жыл бұрын

Have any idea on the name of that big hotel you saw? Anybody?

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

I think it’s the Grand Beach Hotel

@kumarwarna59 Жыл бұрын

Thats Mr.Dhammika Pereras . Will be opening soon.

@Mihiran. Жыл бұрын

Everyone speaks English..that's Sri Lanka

@TheWanderLife Жыл бұрын

Definitely not everyone but for sure a solid proportion are conversational which makes it so wonderful travelling here because I love chatting with people here