Becoming Negombo's Best Boat Man 🇱🇰

[@89prabash]

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

[@truebelief3631]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@kumarwarna59]

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]

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! 😊

[@Eagleeye644]

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]

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 🙈😂

[@duncant3894]

Enjoying your Sri Lankan series..thx.

[@TheWanderLife]

Awesome! So happy you’re enjoying!

[@TJ-xt6dg]

Was waiting for this... nice work 👏 ❤

[@TheWanderLife]

😊✌🏻❤️🇱🇰

[@pathumsanjaya4645]

Geat video ❤️ 🇱🇰

[@TheWanderLife]

Thanks so much ❤️🇱🇰

[@sinhalamoviereview]

Great video ❤❤ 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

[@TheWanderLife]

Thanks so much 😊✌🏻

[@sawana]

Thank you for coming to Sri Lanka.. ❤❤

[@TheWanderLife]

Very happy to be here 😊

[@piyumibhagyani4699]

What a grate video ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@TheWanderLife]

Thanks so much, I’m glad you enjoyed 😊

[@vijayafernando1]

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]

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]

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

[@Two_under_four]

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

[@TheWanderLife]

I think it’s the Grand Beach Hotel

[@kumarwarna59]

Thats Mr.Dhammika Pereras . Will be opening soon.

[@yousifyoukhana2418]

❤️❤️🇱🇰❤️❤️🇱🇰❤️❤️🙏👌🏾🙏

[@kaveesha96]

🇱🇰💖✌️

[@TheWanderLife]

😊✌🏻

[@jasonhordan]

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

[@TheWanderLife]

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 😂

[@ruwaniekanayaka7666]

👍👍👍🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

[@TheWanderLife]

❤️🇱🇰

[@Mihiran.]

Everyone speaks English..that's Sri Lanka

[@TheWanderLife]

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

[@Life_to_Explore_LK]

Thanks for visiting Srilanka. Life to Explore Lk @sarathweligamage3638

[@TheWanderLife]

Happy to be here 😊❤️🇱🇰

[@Life_to_Explore_LK]

​@The Wander Life thanks for your quick replay 😊❤