VIDEO: Tour of Colombo, Sri Lanka

by Mark Wiens on November 27, 2011

First, WATCH the video above!

Welcome to Colombo, the capital and largest city on the island of Sri Lanka!

This 5’11″ Video Tour of Colombo shows some of the coolest things to do and see in town!

Here are the highlights of the tour of Colombo:

1:12 – Pettah Market – Colombo’s largest and most vibrant local market
1:44 – Tuk Tuk Rickshaw tour of Colombo
1:58 – Gangaramaya Buddhist Temple
2:13 – Viharamahadevi Park
2:21 – Cobra snake charmers on the street
2:36 – Independence Memorial Hall monument
2:45 – Sri Kailasanathar Swami Devasthanam Hindu Temple – a live Diwali festival!
3:09 – Rickshaw race on the streets of Colombo
3:20 – Galle Face – enjoying the sunset and a feast of delicious Sri Lankan food!
4:38 – Sri Lankan wild bus ride to end the day

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I hope you enjoyed this Video Tour of Colombo! Thanks for watching!

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23 Responses to “VIDEO: Tour of Colombo, Sri Lanka”

Cathy Sweeney November 28, 2011 at 6:22 am #

Great video, Mark. Well done with the music, too. Really piqued my interest in Sri Lanka. Real snake charmers?!! Pretty cool.

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- Mark Wiens November 28, 2011 at 6:56 pm #
  
  Thanks a lot for watching Cathy! Yah, I thought the snake charmers were pretty cool.
  
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Brock - Backpack With Brock November 28, 2011 at 10:26 am #

Love the video Mark! Haven’t made it to Sri Lanka yet but you got me curious. Had a lot of the same feelings I got from India.
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- Mark Wiens November 28, 2011 at 6:58 pm #
  
  Thanks Brock! I haven’t been to India, but I’m guessing that Sri Lanka is similar to south India. Anyway, thanks a lot for watching and hope you can get to Sri Lanka soon!
  
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John in France November 28, 2011 at 11:29 am #

That is superb Mark. Excellent video, and so helpful for those planning on visiting Sri Lanka.
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- Mark Wiens November 28, 2011 at 7:03 pm #
  
  Thanks a lot John!
  
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Naomi November 28, 2011 at 5:44 pm #

These are some serious video ninja skills!! Also, the staring guy in the market is hilaaaaaarious.
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- Mark Wiens November 28, 2011 at 7:04 pm #
  
  Haha, thanks Naomi. That guy in the market followed my friend and I for about 1 hour – we bought him some food and a new t-shirt but he still followed us. Finally we had to kindly run!
  
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David @ Malaysia Asia November 28, 2011 at 8:29 pm #

haha Great Video Mark! Loved your reaction when you first ate the curry. Anyway, keep up the great work bro!
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- Mark Wiens November 28, 2011 at 11:04 pm #
  
  Thanks for watching David! Hope you are doing well!
  
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Scott - Quirky Travel Guy November 29, 2011 at 11:53 am #

Good stuff. That bus is really crowded. I love the music playing at the end!
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- Mark Wiens November 29, 2011 at 11:02 pm #
  
  Thanks Scott! Man, they don’t drive buses in Sri Lanka unless they are packed!
  
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Sophie November 29, 2011 at 11:43 pm #

Really nice presentation of Colombo, Mark. I want to go. Now!
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- Mark Wiens November 30, 2011 at 7:28 am #
  
  Thanks Sophie!
  
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Janz December 2, 2011 at 8:19 pm #

Nice video. U could have used a sri lankan song which will make this video more nice

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- Mark Wiens December 3, 2011 at 6:32 pm #
  
  Thanks for checking it out Janz. Yah, I wish I could have used Sri Lankan music, but I wasn’t able to locate any Sri Lankan music without copyright…so I had to use this Tamil music that I got online royalty-free. Thanks again for watching!
  
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Naufer December 6, 2011 at 10:55 pm #

Although you have given a prominent place to Tamils [Hindu Temple] and Tamil background song Mark,majority people of Sri Lanka are Sinhalese and their language is Sinhalese. Thus you have given a wrong message to the world about Sri Lanka.

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- Mark Wiens December 7, 2011 at 10:04 pm #
  
  Hey Naufer, thanks for the message. Yes, I do know that the majority of Sri Lanka is Sinhala, however I couldn’t find any “royalty-free” Sinhalese music to use in this video. I’m just an amateur blogger/video producer and I don’t have a budget to buy music, so I have to rely on non-copyright music that I can legally use. Hope you can understand and thanks a lot for checking it out!
  
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Bhathiya January 15, 2012 at 9:49 pm #

we are not using high musics in our worshiping …. ( you can see it in temple of tooth in “thevawa” time )
we like to peace that’s why ….
how ever, Tamils are also one of part in sri lanka …
are you hoping to visit sri lanaka again ??
if … please vist to temple of tooth and “anuradapura”
nice work ~
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- Mark Wiens January 16, 2012 at 1:26 pm #
  
  Thanks Bhathiya! Yes, I really hope I can visit Sri Lanka again in the future!
  
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Virushan September 18, 2012 at 10:31 pm #

That’s pretty racist Naufer

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Victor January 13, 2013 at 7:52 am #

Im about to travel to Sri Lanka, and searching for food info came across your blog. Really liked it thanks.

The Tamil music thats playing, do you know who it is and what its called, I love it!

Thanks

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- Mark Wiens January 13, 2013 at 4:52 pm #
  
  Hey thanks Victor, hope you have a great trip to Sri Lanka!
  
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