SRI LANKA | This Is Not What I Expected 🇱🇰
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- čas přidán 9. 02. 2022
- SRI LANKA | New Region, New Religion 🇱🇰
Arriving in Sri Lanka was such a hustle with the paperwork and long flights from Istanbul. But also very grateful for the opportunity to leave from a snowstorm in Istanbul, Turkey to shorts & t-shirts weather in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
First impressions have been amazing, from the cleanness of the city to kind people! Sri Lanka is the closest destination for me to the equator I have been to so far. Pakistan stands on the list as a second. Changing the region comes with lots of different experiences from money to culture and from religion to architecture. Sri Lanka is also the first country for me with widespread Buddhism.
Exploring the temples, experiencing bazaar life, and trying local food are the first few things I have done in those 2 days here. But I am challenged by the spicy food here - when I ask if this is spicy, they say “no” and then I find out that is actually very spicy for me! Haha, I need to learn how to ask for my level of spiciness or just teach myself how to enjoy spicy food.
So excited for this country - seeing, exploring, and sharing the journey with you!
Have you ever been to Sri Lanka? 🇱🇰
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Thilak is a true gentleman, it surprised me that he tried to give discounts for a foreigner. That's super rare. Hats off.
Thank you Davud ❤
Wow. My country is really beautiful. Thank you for promoting our beautiful country. God bless you.🇱🇰🇱🇰❤️❤️
No beautiful srilanka haseena
💯
Thank You !!!!!!!
Appreciated
Our country is so beautiful like heaven 😍 love from 🇱🇰
Sri Lanka is a photographers paradise. I love this beautiful country
Sri Lankan people seems to be nice and friendly brothers and sisters 😍, God bless you and God bless them 🇸🇾🇱🇰
Thank you so much for the comment! Davud :)
Thank you friend ..ස්තූතියි 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🌷
@@Davud_Akh Amazing how you called Syria as Surya, this is it's ancient name which comes from Sanskrit. Surya is the Hindu sun God. Most countries like Iran, Iraq and any country ending with stan once was part of Hindustan before the islamic invasions. Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism all are part of Sanatan Dharma which is essentially Hinduism, different branches of the same tree.
@@666drups Wrong very wrong. Buddhism is exactly opersit of hinduism. Everybody is equal and a buddhism wairas hindus as god concept. Sorry for my lethargic voice typing
@@Davud_Akh hi gentleman ,thank you very for promoting my country.it is great pleasure to watch your documentaries about my country.may god bless you dear gentleman❤️
I traveled to Sri Lanka in 2013. I would love to travel there again👍
It is an amazing island!
Come again brother
Come brother i can be your tourist guide
@@Davud_Akh glad u like it bruv 😄
Sri Lanka !! A Land Like No Other !!
Its a very historic location in Srilanka.
King Ravana - a figure that features prominently in Hindu mythology - is believed to have been the great demon king of the fortress island of Lanka, now Sri Lanka. He is portrayed as having ten heads and twenty arms, and is supposed to have been able to change his form as he pleased. In Hindu mythology, Ravana is portrayed as an evil, demon king, the villain in the famous story of Rama and Sita, as chronicled in the Sanskrit epic - Ramayana. However, in Sri Lankan culture, Ravana is often considered in a more positive light - a skilled warrior, a healer adept in Ayurvedic practices, and a powerful king, who even possessed an ancient flying machine, the Pushpak-vimana.
Like the Sthripura Cave in Welimada, legend has it that it was used by King Rawana to hide the Princess Sita. It is also thought to be connected to the cave at the Dowa rock temple in Bandarawela (part of King Walagamba's famous 'tunnel network'). Archaeological findings include a human skull dating back to 20,000 BC.
These tunnels prove beyond doubt the architectural brilliance of King Ravana. The tunnels served as a quick means of transport through the hills and also as a secret passage. They networked all the important cities, airports and dairy farms. A close look at these tunnels indicates that they are man-made and not natural formations.
Existing tunnel mouths are also situated at Ishtripura in Welimada, Senapitiya in Halagala, Ramboda, Labookelle, Wariyapola in Matale, and Seetha Kotuwa in Hasalaka and in many more places.
for more information read below
www.talesofceylon.com/destinations/ella/tales-of-ella/the-legend-of-king-ravana-and-the-ravana-caves/
Srilanka is beautiful country . And very friendly people🇵🇰
Thanks love from sri lanka 🖤🇱🇰🇵🇰
Lv from sl❤️
Thank and ❤ love you from 🇱🇰 sri lanka
ස්තූතියි 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰 thank you friend .your country is beautiful ..
Come to Sri lanka 🇱🇰 😁
You're right about Ella being a tourist attraction. I personally avoid going there during the season because I don't like crowds but it's become like part of their way of life now. For example, when tourists were stranded in Ella after the country went into lockdown, the locals got together to take care of them even though they weren't getting tons of money and were in short supply of resources themselves.
7:15 Thilak - "Your country drink Green Tea only ?"
Davud - "I am 28 right now" 😂
16:18 Davud said "No discount" But I think Thilak gave him a discount anyway. At the beginning of the video he said the buffet cost Rs:250/- , but he charged only Rs: 200/- for the buffet. 👍
it so much fun
7:15 difficult for foreigner to get that accent!
Probably because David didn't eat much
Because he didn’t eat chicken
Sri Lanka !! A Land Like No Other !!
REALLY 🇱🇰👌🏾👍🏾 WE ARE SRI LANKANS.🇱🇰👍🏾👌🏾 VERY KIND FRIENDLY.
Hi Davud.
If I am right, the cave should be Archaeological Site. because Sri Lanka has the oldest evidence in South Asia for the humans who use stones which way back to 48000 years. And its Sorry there are no explanation in the cave.
coconut sambol doesn't have sugar, the sweetness comes from coconut itself, it's a staple dish in sri lanka, also we don't call tea "chai" in sri lanka, it's simply tea, plain or with milk
Love your videos. You are a very kind person. I love the way you treat the people.🌸
7:29 Dude, he was asking whether you mix milk with tea in your country as well or do you have only green tea (or black tea). 🤭😉
9:12 💡 Some small restaurants like this, cover plates with a material we call “lunch sheets” for hygienic reasons and for the ease of cleaning. Not a Covid precaution. And due to tough regulations, those are made of environmentally friendly materials. (Not simply plastic.)
12:09 It is really a different kind of banana called “ash plantains”, which is not eaten row.
19:27 Most rural businesses in 🇱🇰🇱🇰 like this, use mobile internet connections through a router or directly from a phone.
Thank you Davud showing this place to Srilankan and foreign travellers. Very nice. Well done.
Most of the small eateries in Sri Lanka uses the term “Hotel “ which is a bit different to the other countries. Enjoy your stay in Sri Lanka.
Em…
Hey Davuad, loved 🥰 your video, my family of eurasians ran a tea plantation of 250 acs in Ella for many generations (which is a truly wonderful spot on the island) & not far from these famed caves to this 1,500 ft rock where there was a Buddhist monastery & the sleeping statue of Lord Gautama (which was featured in your video), and close below are the Rawana (water) falls, frequented by tourists & locals alike (named after king Rawana/ Rama).
Even before we ‘had’ to emigrate down under to ‘Oz’ these caves were famous or ‘infamous’ for the incarceration/ prisoning of a young beautiful princess “Sita” consort to be married to King 👑 Rama of South India 🇮🇳 by protagonist ‘Hanuman’ the monkey lord/king
of (the island of Lanka) - this is written down in the text of the ancient treatise & book of the Bhagavad Gita, a written work that preceded (I believe) Buddhism 🕉 arriving in Lanka 2,500 yrs ago & which predate dated Christianity by at least 500 yrs!
Difficult for myself as a 13 yo boy to believe, tho understand an army, including elephants (ancient tanks!) was assembled by princess Sita’s consort Rama to invade the island (about the size of Tasmania) along the submerged land bridge b/w the Indian sub- continent (with the assistance of “winged beings!) 25 kms away (bridge seen by NASA satellite 🛰 pics) & rescue her from her incarceration from this very cave in your video!
Fascinating 🧐 story & fable! It was the very 1st time I had heard of “vimana” or effectively flying machines & this was to a Christian boy back in the late ‘60’s’! Too much to handle! Very believable now!
Thanks for posting - brought many memories!
Welcome to Sri Lanka David . Sri Lankans generally are very hospitable people .
The "just a hole or cave you visited must be a place to meditate .
Enjoy the rest of your stay in beautiful Sri Lanka .
Wow the temple cave exploration was awesome 🤩 enjoying your videos
Welcome to Sri Lanak 😍🇱🇰🇱🇰
Thank you😍🙌🏼🇱🇰
Welcome to Sri Lanka Davud. Can see you are having a great time. Yes that’s the way to go and hope you will take back home good memories of our little island.
AN AMAZING VIDEO, IT IS IN NEAR MY HOME TOWN BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS PLACE.THANK YOU VERY MUCH DAVUD.
So nice of you! Thank you too for watching! :)
I think that cave has a significant historical value. If I’m not mistaken they found a skull dating back to 20000bc in it.
Ramayan cave
Thanks . What a terrific video !
Sri lanka is Really a god gifted country of beauty , nature, people
Thank you for promoting our country!. These caves are use to meditation by Buddhist monks long years back. Since area become very high populated mediation monk you wont be able to find in those caves but it used be.
Man your looks and they way you interact with people remind me of Harold Baldr. Appreciate how respectful you are with the local people!
Davud, greetings from the USA.I have been watching and listening to you and the explanations of the work that you are doing. U are very honest and kind gentleman and may God continues to bless you in all your endeavors. Keep up with the great work . Thanks
Nice to see that you are enjoying your time in Srilanka, I wish you all the best on your journey
Appreciate your visiting around our beautiful country ... So amazing your simple attitude with our people also many of them very kind but few of them buggers.. Safe jurney bro
Thank you for promoting our beautiful country. God bless you
Thank u David ..for promoting my beautiful country .. you are super nice too !!
Thank you very much, it will be a great help to uplift the tourism industry of our country😊😊
Hope you have an amazing holiday here and Yes Ella is one of the coolest cities in Sri Lanka and the coldest city is called Nuwara Eliya.
*The banana curry is been called Ash plantains curry! It’s a cooking banana, before it becomes ripe, n cooked with coconut milk n mild spices as a white curry!
* The coconut sambol is made of freshly grated coconut pounded with chili flakes, shallot, pepper corns, salt, Maldives fish and a dash of lime juice!
Davud, thank you for such a pure representation of our beautiful country. ❤️
Super cool video !! I love Rice& Curry. You made me hungry .. I’m going there in few weeks.
Superb video, welcome to Srilanka ❤️
Hi Davud A warm welcome to the Pearl of the Indian Ocean bro. So glad that you are enjoying my country and ur travels in the country! All I can say is a warm welcome to my Sri Lanka, the island 🏝 paradise.
What a beautiful scenic view😍👍
Beautiful mountain Sri Lanka enjoy vlogging and explorer keep it up sending love and support
Hello Davud, watched the video and nicely done! By the way, the cave has more to it! looks like you missed it. I have seen the interior of the cave and there is a part where you have to crawl and then, a naturally formed pool. I am pretty sure this is that place. Check out with the locals or the monks in the temple.
Enjoy the holiday Good luck.
Welcome back to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Your first visit to Siri Lanka.....I watched.....how you grew up with Siri lanken.. within a very short period you become a hero ... proud of you and your parents.... thanks 🙏..azarbijan....
Thank you.helping to people ❤
Cheers !! You make nice beautiful video .thats the real srilanken innocent people s life ..enjoy your vacation with beautiful Nature . You can get feel different of hot colombo and cool ella and allso down south beaches .🙏
Superb hospitality by shop owner 👍👌
Happy to see you hear.The banana you ate is Ash plantains.Hope you'll enjoy our country.
Beautiful place ELLA enjoyed around the county .🙏🌹🙏
wooow.... perfect and appriciate your vlog
9:30 Davud, in SL, they put the polythene wrap around the plate, so that usually, people eat on the polythene food wrapper, then the kitchen staff does not need to wash dishes. it's pretty common in SL.. great content ...
Brother your English is very clear. Have a nice time
Great
video every day
Keep on
Thank you so much! More videos are coming from Sri Lanka :)
Waiting for a trip to Sri Lanka in the next 3 days... Thanks again brother
Davud!! Thanks for traveling in my country!!! Come again to Rathnapura😙❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for u visiting my beautiful country,
Great content. Tnx👍👍. Subscribed.
Great attitude towards people brother. Keep up the good work. Respect from Sri Lanka 🤘🖤
Im really
Happy about that boy. His english is good …
That roti looks similar like our roti canai @ roti telor in Malaysia. Love it so much!
Man... you are such a respectable human being!
You're an awesom Guy.
Thanks for spreding LOVE.
LOve from Sri Lanka.
Brother, you should mix small portions from each curry along with relatively large portion from rice together for one month full. The proper way to use your right hand and mix those together about 5 seconds and tuck into your mouth. If you eat single mouthfuls from each curry, you will have a powerful harsh taste. The authentic Sri lankan dishes needs to be mixed well before you eat. then you will have combined new taste which is good. Do not put too much Currys to a single mouthful. Good taste comes with about 50% rice and 50% currys. And mix well for each month full.
You are very kind person. I like you brother.
There are lot of most beautiful places in srilanka. If you still in srilanka. Please visit all of the places.I can ensure that You will really enjoy.
Hey brother.welcome to sri lanka.i hope you really enjoy our country...safe journey all the visiters in my motherland..
Thank you so much 😀 Loving it so much!
Thank you for visiting Sri Lanka..!!!😍😍
@Davud Akhundzada thank you. If you have time, dont forget to travel around anuradhapura.. this area is not tourists area. But their has supricing things called stupa. Like huge pyramids in egypt. Most of sri lankans visit this town for full moon days. You can visit their next 16th of february full moon day.
Thanks for the tips! That sounds amazing!
Great content ...miss sri lanka 🇱🇰
Great video
Sri Lanka is very beautiful
Will there be more videos from lebanon Or was it just the one?
Hello Abbas, thank you so much!
I made only 3 videos in Lebanon, but I will be back to make more for sure :)
Very interesting brother 👌💜️💜️💜️your looks like ragna lothbrok in vikings.😍
Hi Davud, you are very honest brother. Your vedios very cute and your smile very pretty. you are verry innocent brother. Are you helping people. It is your verry good hobby. I like it. ❤️❤️
Enjoy your vacation here 😎😍
Thank you very much, you loving our country.
davud you are best traveler 😊😍😘
Hi David.. Hope you are enjoying in Beautiful Sri Lanka. You got a nice beard and a lovely hair style too.
Bro, Amazing! I was at your hostel last night and this video came to my feed hahah 🤣
Hey brother. Nice to see you in Sri Lanka.
Dear Davud Your use of English words is very clear. My English is average. But watching your programs can be understood very clearly. Good day friend
Nice vlog. Thanks for sharing.
Wel done Davud. Thank you
Welcome to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰Enjoy your stay my brother Nice video 👌✌from Colombo 👈
Hi Davud , you sre super humble and always tried local food . Thanks for promoting our beautiful country and hope find a good girl friend .
Nice Vedio sir.love from srilanka 🇱🇰♥️♥️♥️♥️
Good job brother well come to srilanka 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Nice vlog brother ❤️😍
nice video. greetings from srilanka.
I think most visitors are ill-informed. Some think that Kottu is Sri Lankans' staple food and it is not. Same with Roti. They come in different varieties and the most loved Sri Lankan variety is Pol Rotl (Roti made mixed with freshly grated coconut) and you should try the same with Ginger tea once. Welcome to Sri Lanka.
You are mostly correct but I think all the roti varieties are adaptations from South Indian people and properly 'Nationalized' now.
@@kosalagarusinghe2488 Yes, you are right. Most dishes and food that now we called ours are in fact adopted and nationalized versions. Thanks for the input.
The temple and cave you visited has some historical value to Sri Lankan. The history says that the cave is used by King Rawana (one of the most famous king in Sri Lanka back in the day) to hide the Princess Sita.
If you want to visit the cave temple. You have to go to Dambulla or Divaguhawa. There are other cave temples in Sri Lanka. But now I remember only these two.
Thank you for promoting my country.❤❤❤
Don’t worry david I forget my own kids names lol! Just watching these videos hoping to visit Sri Lanka next year
Salam qardash ❤ neçaşən Thank you for visit srilanka ❤
it's not just the hair that is nice..your eyes , so beautiful..👀
good-looking vloggers really has an advantage,aside from their wonderful contents,
watching a good soul,with pleasing physique and cool ,calming voice is heaven 😘
I´m really hoping to visit your country love from Monaco 🇲🇨
You should have tried egg rotti with chicken gravy or any spicy gravy. You would have tasted the heavens!
Coconut rotty with coconut sambol another combo for your taste buds.
Go to Nuwara Eliya ,Horton plains... many more places to see there.... go to Kawudulla national park if u like to see world's largest elephant gathering in a jungle... if u like see lepods , elephants, bears go to Yala national park or Wilpattu national park
Thank you so much for sharing! :)
video super enjoy bro 🥰❤️👌👍
Hi bro i see you in tiktok welcome bro stay safe love from sri lanka
Wow, thank you so much! There are not many people come from TikTok to CZcams :)
Heloo mr David
thank you for visiting Sri lanka ❤️❤️❤️ make sure to go to nuwaraeliya
Beautiful vlog ..ur visiting some places which not popular among tourists ..enjoy ur stay ..
Thank you so much!
You are a great person. Man become gentleman because of his behaviour.
Hi David, thanks for visiting my country, since you can’t eat spicy foods, its a big limitation to taste srilankan foods….coz most of sri lankan foods are spicy and tasty as well…
We usually eat rice n curry using our hands , we do mix all the curries with rice and eat, tht comes the real taste than eating each individually… hope you will hv a great time 🥰