I was in Sri Lanka for awhile and it’s amazing!! Very clean and Colombo is amazing, very modern and developed comparing to other developing countries. Also it’s seems Colombo as a whole is the financial city and Sri Jayewardenepura seems to be the capital city and it’s amazing
@@vanisridhar5509 each country is divided in layers, tier 1, tier 2, tier 3 cities. Tier 1 will be more developed than Tier 2 cities. Tier 2 more developed than Tier 3. Same logic applies all over the world be it US, UK or Russia. Except for India where even Tier 1 cities are poorly developed not even drainage system. Entire country doesn't have drainage system. Roads full of pot holes leading to too many accidents
@@thavamt1776 🤣No. India many cities are good including villages. Kerala, Himachal, Tamil nadu, Gujarat..... has more GDP then many european countries. India only provided food for srilanka in corona period.
Hey Guys, I really interested in your vlog. I suggest you, you can make reacting to sri Lankan songs, reality , cricketers(Malingas bowling) videos. It will help you get more audience. :) Good luck guys and safe journey 😊🙏
Sri lanka is one of the richest countries in the world, but unfortunately, the majority of the people are mentally poor , they like free stuff , an effortless life, and never think of going out for the comfort zone, they strongly believe that politicians will have to solve all their problems,yet they want to change the political system of the country but they don't want to change themselves, also they think that there are no any homeless or poor people in rich countries.
We unfortunately see this attitude with some of the comments we are getting. People don’t even believe that there are wealthy people here. Also that we should not be honest about these things.. it’s crazy.
Rich in resources I guess that’s what you mean. Agree with the rest. People are very dependent. They don’t want to change themselves, majority of them I believe, no matter where they come from.
I agree 1000% with this. I keep on hearings the statement that "People are having tough time earning even X thousand rupees a month, and 8 am struggling to find a blue-collar worker to do some simple tasks that would probably payuch more
Probably the best Colombo 7 video I have seen so far. You guys did justice to show around some important places. The Arcade used to be a dump sort of a place, neglected and overgrown trees. You got it right, in the colonial period it used to be a Dutch establishment for mentally handicapped. The govt gave it a face lift and transformed to the building you see today.
Guys.. If you go to Peradeniya you can see a very beautiful botanical garden there. It was started during the British colonial rule in Ceylon and attracts thousands of local and foreign visitors. Haggala botanical garden is also beautiful. Your travel videos will inspire all other foreigners around the world to visit Sri Lanka 🇱🇰.
🤣don't talk what you don't know It was originally the pleasure gardens for kandiyan Royal family, before British made it as a royal botanical gardens. Royal means kandiyan kingdom's royal not the British royal 🤣🤣🤣
Hello.. Why do you laugh? Did you think that I don't know its history. Here I didn't say much about the history of this botanical garden. As we know, the garden dates back to 1371. It was a residence of a Kandyan Prince during the 18th century and it was in the early 1800s that it became one of the greatest botanical gardens in the British Empire. So, it's common knowledge that the garden was started during the colonial rule in Ceylon. Understood?
You both guys are amazing indeed. Keep exploring our beautiful country to show the world..we appreciate you both for promoting our country Sri Lanka as top tourist destinations. May God bless you both.Keep safe and take care.
actually your colombo 7 review vlogg is the one of best i'v seen so far, and yes, you are absolutely correct about Colombo 7 area is really full of luxurious shopping before the pandemic than this time , we hope it will rise again more than before exists, and obviously it's pretty expensive to compare than other area but it gives you a quality and luxurious experience with great service, because this area is popular for high profiles in srilanka and it's history.
You actually hit the nail on the head with the old money and new money comparison. Lot of the people living in Colombo 07 are people with generational wealth, people who eventually end up holding the highest positions in power.
🎉yes that’s absolutely right content in colombo 7area welcome to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 enjoy your journey. Yes it’s expensive and lots of humidity surrounding colombo area. Cool 😎
Peradeniya botanical garden, haggala botanical garden are the most popular gardens in Sri Lanka I think I would be a pleasant experience for you guys to visit those sites
Queen Viharamahadevi was queen mother of one of Sri Lanka's greatest kings..hence the park was named after her. However during the colonial period the park was named after Queen Victoria of England.
Arcade Independence Square, Used to be an insane asylum built in late 1800s, was abandoned for awhile, renovated and repurposed as a shopping complex in 2014, That place never really caught on as the "place to be" in Colombo. Fun fact, that building is purported to be haunted 😂
If you go to Ratnapura which is the gem city as the name says you will see very beautiful big houses. Then there is a place called lttle Italy. House owners there reside in Italy & only come here for vacations.
It used to be the most expensive real estare but noq it has dropped about 30%.. Earlier it was going at the rate of 17mn pp You get 15km away from the colombo land value goes around 1 mn pp Basically the houses are worth around 400mn in colombo 7 and in colombo surbarbs it usually averages about 20mn
@@PriceBySizeif colombo 7 houses are 400 million rupees, its around 1 million US dollars. suburbs 20 million rupees houses means around 50,000 us dollars
there used to be a narrow gauge diesel train that ran around the park back in the 60s ,70s and 80s. it broke down around the early 90s, no one bothered to repair it, sat for around 2 decades and got scrapped few years ago.
At 35:57 you walk past a blue wall and I saw Musaeus College, an all girls buddhist school, founded by a German lady in the early 1900s! I'm glad for your video to take a walk down memory lane.
Colombo 1-15 just like the 32 boroughs of London. Colombo 7 and some parts of Colombo 8 and 4 (Col 7 borders) are the local version of Kensington and Chelsea. Colombo 01 - Colombo Fort is the local equivalent of the city of London. (the square mile. ironically Fort is also around 1.5sq miles and also the central business district)
Hi Naomi and Luke. Watched your movies from Sri Lanka now in a stretch. Found this one first then I went to bottom and up, made it to Hikkaduwa one with rain. Will watch them all. Why so interrested? well, I got 2 houses and an annex there, nearby Kottawa. couldnt be there for now 2.5 yrs, due the pandemia. Next xmas I am going to. Bring my hobby and sport there and run around myself. Im married to a SL lady since 18 yrs back and I been on most of the places you been to. The more rare places you been I just have to visit too. Thanks for all the effort and the way you make the videos. The are one of a kind and so enjoyable. Good luck in your travels, exploring and endavours. /Mikie
Good that you got away from the "chief gardener" of the park, though I doubt he even works there. I have seen him in a couple of other vlogs approaching tourists, & to be fair to him he does seem to have a lot of knowledge of plants & trees. But he does demand money at the end.
Nice, i havent been inside the park before but driven past it many times. Enjoy the rest of your stay. Glad you got to meet up with Lucy and Lahiru, we enjoy their videos too. 💕
First of all Thank you for the amazing tour. And so many thoughts came over across my mind and yes some beautiful memories from my past. I used to live that area around 2009-2015 and that was the most peaceful beautiful time in my life. I even downloaded this video. and let me say something about My Lanka and her people. they have amazing potential and all they need is a little guidance and lesser criticizing of each other.🥰🥰🥰🥰
You are allowed to walk and film and be free... BUT THE REASON why they were a bit concerned (may be over reacting) Sri Lanka is celebrating its 75th independence anniversary on Feb 4th ...just here..I think lots of buses parked as they bring people for rehearsals.
The govt high officials, diplomats, wealthy and fatty politicians are occupying the Colombo.7 area, earlier it was occupied by the elite people and well-educated people, who were brought up by the British standard before Independence. The burgers community left the Colombo 7 area and most of them were settled in Australia. Luckily no one touched Viharamadevi park for urbanizing projects. In fact Colombo was called the Garden of the city in the fifties but everything was destroyed by our Masters of rule makers since independence. Thank you for visiting the lush green part of Colombo.👍
For sure hard to beat Sri Lanka after living in the US even for a long time ! It is paradisiacal and great cuisine mix of eastern and western equally amazing and the hospitality is natural!
I live in Colombo 05 in a gated residence and I’m 29. More or less real estate value is the same even in Col 05. Let me share the financial perspective. My house worth about 400k USD and i inherited it from my father. I could never buy such a house caz the mortgages are like 30%. Salary is USD 3000 per month before taxes which is considered to be a very good salary in SL. In fact I belong to the highest tax paying bracket 36% per year which is insane. Caz im an engineer and my salary is more or less the minimum wage in a developed country but in SL; I belong to the highest tax paying category lol 😂 is it livable / good life ? Not really with the taxes, import restrictions and everything going on. I’m moving out to Australia in March. Bottom line is even though the buildings looks better there isn’t much money even in Colombo 07. However people in the island thinks for some reason it’s a wealthy (in culture ; yes it’s wealthy !) country which was mismanaged by the politicians 😂 but the reality is it never was , and most of the people are stuck in the past to a point where nobody try to do anything new. As a result the economy in the country heavily depends on tourism, even though there are 20 million human beings living in the island !! . However I’m hopeful about gen z as they are much more progressive / practical . Hopefully in like 50 years this would be a much better place ❤️
Being a local, watching foreigners filming and talking about our country is always interesting. Mostly it is because of human nature to compare one with another. When one's environment is described by someone else, it offers an opportunity for the first person to dive into the second one's lifestyle.
even though colombo 7 is still considered as the wealthiest area in colombo, not that many wealthy people actually live there nowadays. it's mostly different offices. majority of the colonial era mansions which was around colombo 7 got demolished and the owners moved to more quiet suburban areas right outside the colombo city limits around kotte, kalaniya.
Interesting video, well done. Parts of that area look like parts of Denpasar and even Singapore. For some reason it reminded me that quite a few locations in Sri Lanka were used for the filming of the movie 'The Bridge on the River Kwai', including at least one in Columbo. A bit of useless trivia for you. Have you had anyone approach you in a friendly manner who is not trying to sell something? Clearly the people there are generally very friendly so it would be nice to hear that has happened.
Hi, its a nice comparison video of Colombo, Colombo 7 is super expensive in terms of the property market, which is nearly equivalent to any high-end city around the west, it's a resident place for high-end government officers and top-class business people and also many government institutions are located like grounds, university, club, etc, due to this reason its highly secure place also well guarded by tri forces too, I don't know about your stay in Colombo 4/Bambalapitiya but the land side of the bambalapity also exactly similar to Colombo 7 with high-end buildings and high-class gated community of rich business people, seaside of Colombo 4 is something different from the land side, actually Colombo is a small city and around 1.6million population rich class control a major portion of the land areas and lower classes living in a very tiny portion of Colombo with a lot of dense, trishaw owners are mostly among them, Food is relatively still cheap compare to any other Asian regions but you can't get much variety here, but i would have to say its a cleaned and relatively better climate location from here you can reach a hill or beach with just an hour drive ..... Thank you for visiting our motherland and taking this positivity video to around the world
Refreshing to see Colombo 7 from the perspective of a traveler, as a resident it feels quite mundane! If you're still in the area, Maniumpathy hotel on Kynsey road is an interesting colonial era home turned luxury hotel to check out
This analysis is very simplistic. In reality Colombo 7 is a residential area where there are nice homes, many embassies, very few shops. Colombo 1 is the business district of Colombo. It is mainly offices both companies and some government. The Pettah is Colombo's old bazaar, it is full of wholesalers. it is not a question of old money and new money. Many executives who live in Colombo 7 will be working in Colombo 1 and maybe even looking for bargains in the Pettah or buying high end products in the mall at One Galle face. the 80 Club is a private club with a select membership. Sri Lanka is a complex country
thanks, Luke and Nayomi. You guys are doing great videos. I suggest you try Sri Lanka Wedding. Since you have a lot of friends in SL you may find it easier to the invitation. Ofcourse Tamils and Sinhala Weddings are totally differ. Muslim weddings are different.
Glad you are enjoying our birth country #SriLamka ! One of the coolest places on the planet ! Many famous people like Arthur C Clarke chose to make his home and in fact lived behind my classroom in high school down Rosemead place in Colombo 7. ( also across from the First Woman PM and daughter too ) Try Paradise cafe or simply eat at the hotels or so many pastry shops every block as we stop for tea and we have an array of short eats to cakes! Try a place like Peters and Sons family UWM for over 1/2 a century or Fab! So many eateries like that for affordability and delish!
Lovely video. That service charge is pretty normal anywhere if you dine-in and not take away. Even international franchises like Pizza Hut and McDonald's have it here.
FYI Colombo is not the capital city of Sri Lanka , it’s Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.8km away from Colombo. Most people have confused Colombo as the capital but actually it is the commercial capital
Arcade was an asylum built by the british. It was renovated and brought to present condition. It used yo be much more happening with some high end retail shops and restaurants , unfortunately politics take over everything and project was let go by the previous government. If you get a chance go to the renovated dutch hospital near colombo world trade center. That used to be very happening not sure with current economic condition, what's the situation. But they have one of the best restaurants in the world, Ministry of Crab (if you're into crabs)
If u walk across Colombo7 before 2009.!.. Oooh god will make green zone of bagdhad more like a Disneyland 😂 😂 it was the most protected residential area of the country..... And still heavy militery presence! Yeah.... cos of foreign and locale diplomatic residences addressed in Colombo 7. ✌️
Yall should go towards rajgiriya, pita kotte and all, they are developing fast and much bigger houses and gated communities are there because land is cheaper so they invest more inthe houses, All the rich are slowly moving here and renting out the lands and houses in col 7 area as commercial properties. The area yall were in is for the commerical buildings and ultra rich and old money rich.
I was in Sri Lanka for awhile and it’s amazing!! Very clean and Colombo is amazing, very modern and developed comparing to other developing countries. Also it’s seems Colombo as a whole is the financial city and Sri Jayewardenepura seems to be the capital city and it’s amazing
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200% correct...Srilanka in general is well developed compared to South Asia countries
@@thavamt1776 Colombo is not only the srilanka.
@@vanisridhar5509 each country is divided in layers, tier 1, tier 2, tier 3 cities. Tier 1 will be more developed than Tier 2 cities. Tier 2 more developed than Tier 3. Same logic applies all over the world be it US, UK or Russia.
Except for India where even Tier 1 cities are poorly developed not even drainage system. Entire country doesn't have drainage system. Roads full of pot holes leading to too many accidents
@@thavamt1776 🤣No. India many cities are good including villages. Kerala, Himachal, Tamil nadu, Gujarat..... has more GDP then many european countries. India only provided food for srilanka in corona period.
Something different for you guys today. Enjoy Colombo 7 ❤
I suggest you guys to explore Geoffry Bawa's Residence HOUSE NO.11 hence u are staying at Bambalapitiya
@@hans5210 thank you ❤
Beautiful video love from Sri lanka
Wow Colombo looks so nice and people are so humble 😍
Hey Guys, I really interested in your vlog. I suggest you, you can make reacting to sri Lankan songs, reality , cricketers(Malingas bowling) videos. It will help you get more audience. :) Good luck guys and safe journey 😊🙏
Love from Kerala, India 🥰☺️
May God bless that country overcome situation and people get a pleasant live 🙏😊
Coming to India soon 👍👍👍
@@TwoMadExplorers welcome guys 🥳😍
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Thank you Aravind.🇱🇰🇮🇳
Karala is a very beautiful area like sri Lanka 😍🇱🇰🇮🇳
Sri lanka is one of the richest countries in the world, but unfortunately, the majority of the people are mentally poor , they like free stuff , an effortless life, and never think of going out for the comfort zone, they strongly believe that politicians will have to solve all their problems,yet they want to change the political system of the country but they don't want to change themselves, also they think that there are no any homeless or poor people in rich countries.
We unfortunately see this attitude with some of the comments we are getting. People don’t even believe that there are wealthy people here. Also that we should not be honest about these things.. it’s crazy.
So true 👍
Agree 💯
Rich in resources I guess that’s what you mean. Agree with the rest. People are very dependent. They don’t want to change themselves, majority of them I believe, no matter where they come from.
I agree 1000% with this. I keep on hearings the statement that "People are having tough time earning even X thousand rupees a month, and 8 am struggling to find a blue-collar worker to do some simple tasks that would probably payuch more
Probably the best Colombo 7 video I have seen so far. You guys did justice to show around some important places. The Arcade used to be a dump sort of a place, neglected and overgrown trees. You got it right, in the colonial period it used to be a Dutch establishment for mentally handicapped. The govt gave it a face lift and transformed to the building you see today.
These Colombo 7 streets are super beautiful and super awesome for late evening walks. Gregory's Road is one of my favorites.
Guys.. If you go to Peradeniya you can see a very beautiful botanical garden there. It was started during the British colonial rule in Ceylon and attracts thousands of local and foreign visitors. Haggala botanical garden is also beautiful. Your travel videos will inspire all other foreigners around the world to visit Sri Lanka 🇱🇰.
🤣don't talk what you don't know
It was originally the pleasure gardens for kandiyan Royal family, before British made it as a royal botanical gardens.
Royal means kandiyan kingdom's royal not the British royal 🤣🤣🤣
Hello.. Why do you laugh? Did you think that I don't know its history. Here I didn't say much about the history of this botanical garden. As we know, the garden dates back to 1371. It was a residence of a Kandyan Prince during the 18th century and it was in the early 1800s that it became one of the greatest botanical gardens in the British Empire. So, it's common knowledge that the garden was started during the colonial rule in Ceylon. Understood?
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Thats why you guys give more loans right??
Thank you for the money man. We will pay you back soon.
Hi guys. it is nice to see that Naomi is pronouncing good Sinhala now. lovely and helpful video.Cheers guys.
Now Sri Lanka have been like a home for you guys now!!🏠❤️❤️❤️
You both guys are amazing indeed. Keep exploring our beautiful country to show the world..we appreciate you both for promoting our country Sri Lanka as top tourist destinations. May God bless you both.Keep safe and take care.
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Thank you very much for coming to my country and for this beautiful video.
Wish you both all the best wishes for future endeavours 🇱🇰
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actually your colombo 7 review vlogg is the one of best i'v seen so far, and yes, you are absolutely correct about Colombo 7 area is really full of luxurious shopping before the pandemic than this time , we hope it will rise again more than before exists, and obviously it's pretty expensive to compare than other area but it gives you a quality and luxurious experience with great service, because this area is popular for high profiles in srilanka and it's history.
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Lovely country with so much to offer that's for sure💛
It really is!
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You actually hit the nail on the head with the old money and new money comparison. Lot of the people living in Colombo 07 are people with generational wealth, people who eventually end up holding the highest positions in power.
🎉yes that’s absolutely right content in colombo 7area welcome to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 enjoy your journey.
Yes it’s expensive and lots of humidity surrounding colombo area.
Cool 😎
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Actually the Independence arcade is located behind Independence square. You could easily visit it at the beginning.
Thanks for visiting srilanka 🇱🇰 ..❤❤❤❤
Kumbuk is a type of hard wood with a distinct grain. The tables were made of that wood.
Peradeniya botanical garden, haggala botanical garden are the most popular gardens in Sri Lanka I think I would be a pleasant experience for you guys to visit those sites
Queen Viharamahadevi was queen mother of one of Sri Lanka's greatest kings..hence the park was named after her. However during the colonial period the park was named after Queen Victoria of England.
Man there was no park before the British. They built it. It was named after Viharamahadevi afterward.
@@RanulHashika yeah true i was tslking of the name
Fantastic Presentation Thankyou Both of You I am from Colombo God Bless 🙌
Naomi that hairstyle is perfectly made for u.ur so cute today.❤️
Two mad explorers indeed!
Very Nice 💯
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Arcade Independence Square, Used to be an insane asylum built in late 1800s, was abandoned for awhile, renovated and repurposed as a shopping complex in 2014, That place never really caught on as the "place to be" in Colombo. Fun fact, that building is purported to be haunted 😂
Ooooh wow 😯
If you go to Ratnapura which is the gem city as the name says you will see very beautiful big houses. Then there is a place called lttle Italy. House owners there reside in Italy & only come here for vacations.
Cool!
Thanks for visiting sri lanka ❤🇱🇰
It used to be the most expensive real estare but noq it has dropped about 30%..
Earlier it was going at the rate of 17mn pp
You get 15km away from the colombo land value goes around 1 mn pp
Basically the houses are worth around 400mn in colombo 7 and in colombo surbarbs it usually averages about 20mn
Thank you! 🙏
How much is this in $?
@@PriceBySizeif colombo 7 houses are 400 million rupees, its around 1 million US dollars. suburbs 20 million rupees houses means around 50,000 us dollars
@@AksamZarook I saw on the news sallary is around 100$ per month in Sri Lanka , in Uk salary is 1800$ month and a simple 2 bedroom house is 120.000 $
there used to be a narrow gauge diesel train that ran around the park back in the 60s ,70s and 80s. it broke down around the early 90s, no one bothered to repair it, sat for around 2 decades and got scrapped few years ago.
Fun fact: part of the arcade independence Square was an asylum known as the 'Jawatte Lunatic Asylum' prior to refurbishment
Wow 😯
At 35:57 you walk past a blue wall and I saw Musaeus College, an all girls buddhist school, founded by a German lady in the early 1900s! I'm glad for your video to take a walk down memory lane.
Thank you so much for watching ❤️
Beautiful place to visit😍😍
Good one guys.. spot on regarding information 💐💐💐💐
❤❤❤ thanks Kasun 😊
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Colombo 1-15 just like the 32 boroughs of London. Colombo 7 and some parts of Colombo 8 and 4 (Col 7 borders) are the local version of Kensington and Chelsea. Colombo 01 - Colombo Fort is the local equivalent of the city of London. (the square mile. ironically Fort is also around 1.5sq miles and also the central business district)
Ah very nice! Thanks 🙏🏻 no idea about all the places in the UK you talk about tho 🤣 never been there. We’re not from the UK
Hi Naomi and Luke. Watched your movies from Sri Lanka now in a stretch. Found this one first then I went to bottom and up, made it to Hikkaduwa one with rain. Will watch them all. Why so interrested? well, I got 2 houses and an annex there, nearby Kottawa. couldnt be there for now 2.5 yrs, due the pandemia. Next xmas I am going to. Bring my hobby and sport there and run around myself. Im married to a SL lady since 18 yrs back and I been on most of the places you been to. The more rare places you been I just have to visit too. Thanks for all the effort and the way you make the videos. The are one of a kind and so enjoyable. Good luck in your travels, exploring and endavours. /Mikie
Wow thank you so much!! Glad to hear you enjoy our stuff ❤️😊
Love Naomis hair style, looks so nice ❤️
Good that you got away from the "chief gardener" of the park, though I doubt he even works there. I have seen him in a couple of other vlogs approaching tourists, & to be fair to him he does seem to have a lot of knowledge of plants & trees. But he does demand money at the end.
Thanks for the info! That’s good we got away
Nice, i havent been inside the park before but driven past it many times. Enjoy the rest of your stay. Glad you got to meet up with Lucy and Lahiru, we enjoy their videos too. 💕
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First of all Thank you for the amazing tour. And so many thoughts came over across my mind and yes some beautiful memories from my past. I used to live that area around 2009-2015 and that was the most peaceful beautiful time in my life. I even downloaded this video. and let me say something about My Lanka and her people. they have amazing potential and all they need is a little guidance and lesser criticizing of each other.🥰🥰🥰🥰
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I really love to have my saturday morning walk around this colombo 7 area❤
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You are allowed to walk and film and be free... BUT THE REASON why
they were a bit concerned (may be over reacting) Sri Lanka is celebrating its 75th independence anniversary on Feb 4th ...just here..I think lots of buses parked as they bring people for rehearsals.
Srilanka is always like that only.
@@vanisridhar5509 im getting like to this guy🤩.... From rhe capital of scam centers of the world 😂🤣🤩😍
@@sandman303 Only Ravana 🤣🤣 Then don't get free things from india 🤣
@@vanisridhar5509 plzzz some one tell Central Gov. To built more toilets for locals before helping neighbors 😂🤣🤣🤣
Thanx for sharing this. Missed this palaces!!!
Amazing video guys from Rich Sri Lanka Side. Thanks 🙏
63 Park St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka Irish Bar & Grill. Nice place to be❤
Amazing video 😍
Nice video thanks
Thank u so much for promoting our country.
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Great content! Very good information! Keep it up!
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The govt high officials, diplomats, wealthy and fatty politicians are occupying the Colombo.7 area, earlier it was occupied by the elite people and well-educated people, who were brought up by the British standard before Independence. The burgers community left the Colombo 7 area and most of them were settled in Australia.
Luckily no one touched Viharamadevi park for urbanizing projects. In fact Colombo was called the Garden of the city in the fifties but everything was destroyed by our Masters of rule makers since independence.
Thank you for visiting the lush green part of Colombo.👍
What British standards? Steal colonization and loot your resources???
Dumb fk boy enough Bending Over
I love my country ❤️, paradise on this earth 🌎 😍 God bless sri lanka
For sure hard to beat Sri Lanka after living in the US even for a long time ! It is paradisiacal and great cuisine mix of eastern and western equally amazing and the hospitality is natural!
I live in Colombo 05 in a gated residence and I’m 29. More or less real estate value is the same even in Col 05. Let me share the financial perspective. My house worth about 400k USD and i inherited it from my father. I could never buy such a house caz the mortgages are like 30%. Salary is USD 3000 per month before taxes which is considered to be a very good salary in SL. In fact I belong to the highest tax paying bracket 36% per year which is insane. Caz im an engineer and my salary is more or less the minimum wage in a developed country but in SL; I belong to the highest tax paying category lol 😂 is it livable / good life ? Not really with the taxes, import restrictions and everything going on. I’m moving out to Australia in March. Bottom line is even though the buildings looks better there isn’t much money even in Colombo 07. However people in the island thinks for some reason it’s a wealthy (in culture ; yes it’s wealthy !) country which was mismanaged by the politicians 😂 but the reality is it never was , and most of the people are stuck in the past to a point where nobody try to do anything new. As a result the economy in the country heavily depends on tourism, even though there are 20 million human beings living in the island !! . However I’m hopeful about gen z as they are much more progressive / practical . Hopefully in like 50 years this would be a much better place ❤️
Thanks both for bringing lovely videos about my mother land🌾❤❤
thank you so much this is awesome ♡
Thanks for visit our country ❤️
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Being a local, watching foreigners filming and talking about our country is always interesting. Mostly it is because of human nature to compare one with another. When one's environment is described by someone else, it offers an opportunity for the first person to dive into the second one's lifestyle.
Thank for your video guys. What are you doing is great 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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even though colombo 7 is still considered as the wealthiest area in colombo, not that many wealthy people actually live there nowadays. it's mostly different offices. majority of the colonial era mansions which was around colombo 7 got demolished and the owners moved to more quiet suburban areas right outside the colombo city limits around kotte, kalaniya.
Thank you so much came to Sri Lanka and congratulations for your success
Interesting video, well done. Parts of that area look like parts of Denpasar and even Singapore. For some reason it reminded me that quite a few locations in Sri Lanka were used for the filming of the movie 'The Bridge on the River Kwai', including at least one in Columbo. A bit of useless trivia for you.
Have you had anyone approach you in a friendly manner who is not trying to sell something? Clearly the people there are generally very friendly so it would be nice to hear that has happened.
Yes! We had many conversations with locals without selling involved ❤️ super friendly 😊
I really like this kind of video. Hope some more 🖤
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Sri lanka is very beautiful and clean country 💕
There is nice place for Coffee and Food on Reid Avenue called DEPT OF COFFEE, just 500m from KUMBUK.
yall walked past my school! 😆😆 it's so cool seeing my hometown through others' eyes
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Hi, its a nice comparison video of Colombo, Colombo 7 is super expensive in terms of the property market, which is nearly equivalent to any high-end city around the west, it's a resident place for high-end government officers and top-class business people and also many government institutions are located like grounds, university, club, etc, due to this reason its highly secure place also well guarded by tri forces too, I don't know about your stay in Colombo 4/Bambalapitiya but the land side of the bambalapity also exactly similar to Colombo 7 with high-end buildings and high-class gated community of rich business people, seaside of Colombo 4 is something different from the land side, actually Colombo is a small city and around 1.6million population rich class control a major portion of the land areas and lower classes living in a very tiny portion of Colombo with a lot of dense, trishaw owners are mostly among them, Food is relatively still cheap compare to any other Asian regions but you can't get much variety here, but i would have to say its a cleaned and relatively better climate location from here you can reach a hill or beach with just an hour drive ..... Thank you for visiting our motherland and taking this positivity video to around the world
❤️ thank you so much for your support 🙌
Refreshing to see Colombo 7 from the perspective of a traveler, as a resident it feels quite mundane! If you're still in the area, Maniumpathy hotel on Kynsey road is an interesting colonial era home turned luxury hotel to check out
Wow nice, thanks for the tips!
@@TwoMadExplorers your welcome 🙌
I really love your videos and your pronunciations are very clear so I can improve my English too . Good luck guys ❤️
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WELCOME TO COLOMBO.
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FYI : Colombo 7 (aka Dehiwala) is literally the Beverly Hills of Sri Lanka
Thank you for the video btw. Sending Love and Support from Sri Lanka
This analysis is very simplistic. In reality Colombo 7 is a residential area where there are nice homes, many embassies, very few shops. Colombo 1 is the business district of Colombo. It is mainly offices both companies and some government. The Pettah is Colombo's old bazaar, it is full of wholesalers. it is not a question of old money and new money. Many executives who live in Colombo 7 will be working in Colombo 1 and maybe even looking for bargains in the Pettah or buying high end products in the mall at One Galle face. the 80 Club is a private club with a select membership. Sri Lanka is a complex country
Hi 👋 well come back 👋
thanks, Luke and Nayomi. You guys are doing great videos. I suggest you try Sri Lanka Wedding. Since you have a lot of friends in SL you may find it easier to the invitation. Ofcourse Tamils and Sinhala Weddings are totally differ. Muslim weddings are different.
This is very informative.
Nice guys I'm form sir Lanka..i live in Barbados... enjoy sir Lankan guys...
Super vlog ..thank you for sharing with us
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As a middle class citizen, I'm not sure where I stand in Sri Lanka anymore lol. Great video guys!
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Glad you are enjoying our birth country #SriLamka ! One of the coolest places on the planet ! Many famous people like Arthur C Clarke chose to make his home and in fact lived behind my classroom in high school down Rosemead place in Colombo 7. ( also across from the First Woman PM and daughter too )
Try Paradise cafe or simply eat at the hotels or so many pastry shops every block as we stop for tea and we have an array of short eats to cakes! Try a place like Peters and Sons family UWM for over 1/2 a century or Fab! So many eateries like that for affordability and delish!
So beautiful video guys. really addicted. Loves from Sri Lanka and Thank you!
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Hi, Good to see you both. Enjoy your day, Sending love. Take care.
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Lovely video. That service charge is pretty normal anywhere if you dine-in and not take away. Even international franchises like Pizza Hut and McDonald's have it here.
Wooooooooooooow so nice video dear 👌💐
U shoul checkout the royal college. The best school in Sri Lanka which has the 2nd world oldest cricket series.older than ashes.
Founded in 1835
Thank you for visiting Sri Lanka, Guys. God bless you both.
Thank you for sharing. Enjoy 👍
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Nice video,love you guys..🇱🇰
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Thank you guys. Good job.
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FYI Colombo is not the capital city of Sri Lanka , it’s Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.8km away from Colombo.
Most people have confused Colombo as the capital but actually it is the commercial capital
Colombo is the commercial capital and J'pura is the legislative capital like New Delhi and Mumbai.
@@Desertfox18 that’s what I said 👍
Super interesting! Thanks
@@sankaumayanga8615 Oh I didn't see the last sentence of your comment. Apologies!
Arcade was an asylum built by the british. It was renovated and brought to present condition. It used yo be much more happening with some high end retail shops and restaurants , unfortunately politics take over everything and project was let go by the previous government. If you get a chance go to the renovated dutch hospital near colombo world trade center. That used to be very happening not sure with current economic condition, what's the situation. But they have one of the best restaurants in the world, Ministry of Crab (if you're into crabs)
Heyy u guys passed by my school Musaeus College. Nice to see y'all sightseeing around colombo 7 :)
thanks for coming my beautiful country😍😍😍
Wow beautiful😍😍
Enjoy bro lovely
Thank u very much 4 visiting our country 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍🌎🙋🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏beautiful video 👍👋🤝
If u walk across Colombo7 before 2009.!.. Oooh god will make green zone of bagdhad more like a Disneyland 😂 😂 it was the most protected residential area of the country..... And still heavy militery presence! Yeah.... cos of foreign and locale diplomatic residences addressed in Colombo 7.
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Great videos and for some times I bean trying to read the words of your tattoo 😂 Think I got it today "Memento Mori" meaning "remember you must die"🤔
Yes! Correct! It’s a teaching from the Stoic philosophers ❤️ it reminds us to live in the present moment, because life is temporary.
@@TwoMadExplorers ok I did googled to find the meaning 🙄😂not bad very inspiring 🤔
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Yall should go towards rajgiriya, pita kotte and all, they are developing fast and much bigger houses and gated communities are there because land is cheaper so they invest more inthe houses, All the rich are slowly moving here and renting out the lands and houses in col 7 area as commercial properties. The area yall were in is for the commerical buildings and ultra rich and old money rich.
Visit the National Museum of Sri Lanka.🙏🇱🇰❤️
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Colombo is beautiful
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