I Became a TUK-TUK DRIVER in SIGIRIYA - Central Province, Sri Lanka [Ep. 12] 🇱🇰

[@SyifaAdriana]

Welcome back to another video. This video is edited by my boyfriend kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqGnf5pmmd2nY5I as I have been feeling creatively drained and out of inspiration. A very normal process in between constant creation. I hope you still enjoy this video! Thank you to all of my Patrons and PayPal donators who are financially supporting my work and make these videos possible. If you wish to support this video, you can consider supporting through: • PATREON: www.patreon.com/syifaadriana • PAYPAL: www.paypal.me/asyifaadriana Nonetheless, by not skipping the ads, you have also indirectly supported me to keep creating more videos for this channel :)

[@thavajogarajahkabilan2103]

How are you

[@shivasawrosevlogs]

Hay syifa

[@harishashmi7675]

Syifa Adriana nice to see u drive tuk tuk

[@gurunggyan6568]

Bf... 😠

[@thavajogarajahkabilan2103]

You have boy friend

[@utuberbjay]

it came to my thought like how must be the life and the people when these ruins were not ruins but lively! loveliest Srilanka 💗

[@SyifaAdriana]

Indeed, the Sigiriya used to be a fortress and believed to be an ancient site using megalithic technology. Thank you for always watching Bijay :D

[@utuberbjay]

@@SyifaAdriana i watched about megaliths.. 'nd welcome 😊

[@Simplynavva]

Its the palace of rawana.. he is reportedly invented the worlds first ever aero plane

[@utuberbjay]

@@Simplynavva Wow then it's a part of Rawana's Lanka! A place not to be skipped in Srilanka! And I know the name of his airplane. It's called 'Puspak Bimana'

[@stewthewanderer]

It's an incredible place, full of rich history ❤️🇱🇰

[@JSolisHD]

Great video. Sri Lanka is really beautiful. It's on my bucket list to visit. One day.. :-)

[@SyifaAdriana]

Happy new year Jay! I hope you are doing well. I think Sri Lanka is an enjoyable country to travel to! Thank you so much for watching :)

[@JSolisHD]

@@SyifaAdriana Hi Syifa. Belated Happy New year to yourself. Everything is going well thank you. I'm sure it is. Cheers and looking forward to see more videos from you.

[@lashifernando9544]

We warmly welcome you Rex❤️🌺🌹

[@dannycool8508]

@@JSolisHD if you are coming to sri lanka pls be free to contact me I'll give you some good tips where to visit in Sri lanka and cheap way to travel and cheap hotel rooms to your budget. We all well come you to sri lanka all the best .happy travelling

[@marinbancos]

Syifa, thank you for another great video. Very nice country Sri Lanka with very beautiful nature and friendly people.

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you so much for your kind comment Marin!

[@marinbancos]

You are most welcome Syifa

[@raveenthennakoon2999]

That mirror wall is significant in another way. It reflects our literature. Poems were engraved in that wall by the ancient visitors to Sigiriya

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you for sharing this information!

[@DilanTharakamunasinghe]

One of the best travel vlogger in my list. Love ❤ from Sri Lanka

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you Dilan..

[@georgechilidis8446]

I’m so happy to see you enjoying your day Syifa and going over your fear of heights, you’re very strong and brave. A new Tuk-Tuk driver is born ...take care

[@SyifaAdriana]

Hello George, thank you so much for your kind comment. I really enjoy tuk tuk driving experience :D take care to you too!

[@niroshanmanoharan4295]

Hey Syifa Adriana, Welcome to Sri Lanka. Though I am a Sri Lankan I enjoy watching your Sri Lanka visit vlogs.. you are such a great bold solo traveller. And a very pleasant presenter. Glad to watch HD quality videos like this. Keep travelling. Be safe too

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you so much Niroshan! That's very kind of you to say that

[@shakeboy2469]

I am a Sri Lankan but i havent never visited Sigiriya. but I noticed a lot of things I've read in books 😍🙏

[@kassa6063]

Ponnyekda

[@amilaherath615]

Nodakin korona iwara unamawath palayan bn

[@abraham12348]

Beautifully captured. Stairs to heaven!!!

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you so much Abraham, I do hope you enjoy this video.

[@suryanair6142]

I like the music you use in your videos. Great taste. It adds so much of value to the visuals.

[@sg-fr7yj]

Everyone loves the nation where the humble people live ❤️

[@virarama907]

Nice video. Great view from the top of the rock! Thanks for sharing Syifa 🙏

[@germanwithniel2886]

beautiful places and good job! Sometimes we as Sri Lankans don't know the beautiful side of Sri Lanka. You did a very good job! Many Thanks

[@terencef9424]

Wow!!! You climbed all the way up that stairway to heaven :). The view was breathtaking. But i think the highlight of this video was to see the look of pure ecstasy and joy on your face as you rode the tuk tuk. Lol! You're concern for the elephant and love for animals is noticeable. You're bf did a splendid job of editing the video. That was another enjoyable vlog. Thank you.

[@SyifaAdriana]

That’s so true Terence. The ecstasy actually came from the climbing part, as well as the tuk tuk riding! So so so fun. I loved the tuk tuk riding in itself, hoping to do it in an extended series of travel one day. Happy new year to you! Havent said it personally

[@aslam.k9758]

Thanks lot today you made my day ,syifa fans like hear ❤️❤️❤️

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you Aslam!

[@chutiyaalien3260]

Srilankan people looks friendly . Beautiful palce 😍

[@ramiyabro]

I think now you couldn’t miss srilanka cuz you driven a tuk tuk and you have husband also 😂🤍 Whatever you’re awesome ✨ Much love from Sri Lanka ❤️🇱🇰

[@startupryan9009]

I take inspiration from this from my own KZbin channel actually, great to see like-minded KZbinrs out there.

[@s.hbadboys5241]

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[@SlbRocky]

Yes oi mama gihilla na

[@senukasen3309]

yamu nada boys

[@sasjsalinda4552]

Really appreciate about ur task. You introduce our heritage and cultural to the world. Thanks for you.. Best of luck... 🙌

[@welshsaint46]

I visited this amazing place in the 1960's, well before it became overrun with tourists. There was no entrance fee, in fact the only building was a little kiosk selling drinks and refreshments. The climb to the top was much more difficult, in places it was just ladders strapped to the side of the rock with no supports or protection. You could say it is now like a stroll in the park Ha Ha! From what I can remember the palace on top of the rock was not as visible as it is now. I also remember that there were some enterprising locals who had set up a stall at the wall paintings and were asking for payment if you tried to take a photograph! Certainly a highlight of my visit to Sri Lanka (or Ceylon as I knew it) along with the visit to Kandy and the Temple of the Tooth. Thank you for your video.

[@sajanapeshitha6315]

Wow that’s fascinating

[@Joy.Fernando]

How old are you?

[@hasala1231]

I found out about you're videos just 2 days ago and I've finished watching the sri lankan one , keep up the good work 🖤

[@kaushalyavinodi5303]

I saw a video of you by accident. on you tube. You had done sri lanka about my country. leaving JAFFNA TO DAMBULLA. I looked at it. Really liked the way you spoke. Very beautiful. Then he searched and looked at you. Your video. good luck syifa ♥️🇱🇰

[@prathamadityakharat07]

I am really surprised, How many Beautiful places are in Sri Lanka......and hospitality by Locals are really appreciable..U are picturising everything very professionally...keep it up...

[@damberbasyal6228]

Very beautiful and informative video, thanks Syifa !

[@georgethandayutham8505]

I think you missed the paintings, those are very beautiful. Called Sigiriya paintings.

[@ComlkTharindu]

Great video. Sri Lanka is really beautiful

[@captainnero1126]

I love my country.im sri lanka.🇱🇰🇱🇰 thank you.

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you!

[@SikderDiamond]

i m so happy for you, i m constantly watching ur vlog since you were teacher in china. life changes, but you keep going. Bravo.

[@SyifaAdriana]

Wow that has been a long time ago. Thank you Sikder! I am determined to keep exploring the world!

[@hemantkulkarni6370]

Thank you🙏💕 I climbed Sygaria Rock twise in 2016,2019 I remember old memories.

[@malindafernando6076]

Wooow... actually you were driving so good and so fast...

[@TomoTechno]

Hi Syifa, Great clip! The value of visiting the Sigiriya its a place full of history and science. The ponds around it is connected to the top pond and there is an irrigation system. There are more and more to write. The price tag is there since it is one of the worlds wonders. By the way it is one of the palace and surrounded there is a very advanced city with science and art. You have covered 5 percent of the Sigiriya Experience could be thats why it is just a rock for you personally. For the Elephants there is a tradition in the country and we take care of the elephants. We respect your thoughts and we take care of them. With our traditions and Buddhism background we have our own ways. It is similar to people keep pets in their houses. Kudos to the Taxi driver, he explained your most possible way he could. Further more, its a very natural thing a girl along travel in a different country and people are confused whether you are a tourist or a worker. That could be a reason they ask you questions and try identify you. Basically we travel and we will need to spend little bit money there and of cause country to country the prices tags are different. Hope you will learn more when you travel more destinations. Making a budget to your travel by checking out the price tags prior to visits will help you to have very positive perception and enjoy your journey more. Cheers!

[@bbnepali7817]

Wow You have been showing us beautiful places which is very amazing for us.Good luck.

[@wranther]

This has been a very enjoyable Friday evening treat Syifa. The views you presented this evening are wonderful to behold. Never would have known how relatively flat the lands of Sri Lanka are without your video stairway to the heavens. I noticed your very lightweight top in the video and admit I do miss warmer weather. Here the temperature is currently 3 F or -16 C. Yet I enjoyed this episode 12 while eating a dish of ice cream. Hope your travels continue to bring new adventures. -Bob...

[@SyifaAdriana]

Bob, your comment is always a breath of positivity for me. It's been 0-15 C in Kathmandu as well and already feel the winter depression haha! I can't imagine how it must be for you..

[@chanukadhananjaya8487]

As a Sri Lankan I really enjoyed your all videos... You know how to enjoy and see the good side of everything. Safe travels...

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you so much for your kind comment!

[@dilstorm4351]

Hey!syfia u are a such a humble kind loving person... goad bless u !!!

[@Nelson.P20]

You looked so exhausted by the end of your climb that my heart was going blimp! blimp when you wnt higher and higher and I prayed nothing happens to you. Your guarian agnels were therelooking after you all the way. You came out marvellously fit from the climb and to my surprise of surprise you even drove a tuk -tuk.With your hair blowing in the wind you looked absolutely beautiful❤💚💜💙👌!

[@ravinesan130]

You are so sweet person Love from Srilanka!

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you Ravi!

[@kirangurung6553]

Today again you made my day wow❤️❤️ Always love to watch your vlogs and it makes me feel refreshed.lots of love from nepal🌺

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you so much Kiran!

[@vinojcosta7491]

Nice to see your Vlog Syifa. Wondering where you went. Hope you enjoying in Srilanka. God bless

[@SyifaAdriana]

I do publish once a week these days as I have 3 videos remaining from the series. I went to Sri Lanka in August to September :D thank you so much, God bless to you too Anton!

[@vinojcosta7491]

Syifa Adriana When you come next time please let me know I would like to take a selfie 😊

[@MJJNamalDias]

It was a windy day but you did the vlog well... "stairs to heaven" seems a nice compliment to the Sigiriya.... Good to see that you drive a tuk tuk nicely... and you met a generous tuk tuk driver too... it's great to see those supportive people also... keep up the good work sister...

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you Namal! Your comment has been so supportive throughout this series, I appreciate it.

[@MJJNamalDias]

@@SyifaAdriana you are welcome sister...

[@Chamarabandara12345]

Wow nice video. And good explanation did by the tuk tuk driver.

[@chathurangasandaruwan7905]

Thnx for coming here..world will know that we have a great legacy too🙏🙏

[@santiagobenites]

That was a great video, Syifa. It's good to see that you're getting LOTS of exercise! That's the equivalent of spending 1 hour at the gym on the Stairmaster! hahaha Congratulations on your new job as a tuk-tuk driver!

[@SyifaAdriana]

Santiago! How have you been? It has been a while. I am glad that you enjoy this video :D

[@ishanrajitha1661]

Thank U for visiting my country. And its really really lovely tha way you talking and every thing. Thank U again. Come again. 😁😁😍❤️

[@gaiyabro4677]

I'm very happy .You had a lot of fun driving the tuk tuk.... i like you. God bless you❤❤

[@jasonpetersharpe]

Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 seems like such a fantastic place to visit! The people 🥰! Thanks 🙏🏽, for taking us along on your journey, beautiful 👩🏽 lady, -j

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you for your kind support Jason 🙏🙏

[@dinithwijesuriya2884]

One of the best travel vloggers😍 best of luck syifaa... 😍loving your videos

[@subratanath6262]

Many many thanks for sharing this excellent video as well as for your efforts. Wishing you a happy and prosperous new year 2020.as a tuk tuk driver,it was a great experience is not it?

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you so much Subrata Nath for always watching. Driving tuk tuk was one of the highlight of my travel :D Happy new year to you too, wishing you nothing but a happy and joyous of 2020!

[@duganaa7315]

Congratulations for your new job Syifa...🤣🤣🤣

[@ajit52]

Beautiful vlog as always , Wow ! proud of you

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you so much Ajitray!

[@harkiriphangcho1530]

Congratulations Syifa on your 200k subscribers 🥳🥳✨🍾🍻

[@jungjungjungchang3903]

You are soo lovely and your videos are soo amazing. God bless you with lots of happiness and good health. 💗

[@yasiruranaweera3888]

The rock has been overpriced deliberately to reduce number of tourists. Most of the time, only the people who are interested in archeology will find the value of it. Sad to say, you missed the museum and so many places when you're coming down or it was not in the video. Tuk-tuk driver is a nice guy 👌👌👌

[@SyifaAdriana]

I understand the logic behind this, Yasiru. However, for a $30 fee, there is no flyer or even sign explaining the history of this for visitors so it's difficult for regular visitors to understand this without having to hire local tour guide, which will cost another money. Does it make it sense? As a tourist, we all not always have the knowledge of everything, sometimes even the energy to study every history or the access to guidebook or internet while on the road :-) I didnt have enough time to explore the museum as I was timed by my tuk tuk driver.. Thank you for watching this video!

[@SusithaRavindaSenarath]

@@SyifaAdriana There is a whole museum ( close to the ticket counter area) about Sigiriya , the history and everything. How did you miss that.

[@MaheshKaluarachchi]

I agree with Syifa here, for the $30 at least they could have given a booklet or placed more sign boards to guide tourists. Even for locals it's very helpful as many have no idea about the history of specific places of the rock. I have been to Sigiriya with a local guide and what I learnt about the technology used back in the day for the palace was mind blowing. This is something Sri Lankan tourist board can improve more.

[@Gadavillers-Panoir]

That is pure exploitation of tourists. Locals only have to pay a tiny amount.

[@hawardprakash11]

Hello syfia happy new year lady, good too see tuk tuk driver , thats look so good for you , hope u enjoyed the trip and learned tuk tuk

[@riyazmohammed5885]

I love Ur smile and Ur saying hi to everyone that is pretty cool and Ur looking so gorgeous

[@salimwongjeng8098]

Syifa always great job, Beautifull place sri lanka

[@digimon5036]

Hehe 😊💝 Good video 🤩 finally you rode a tuk tuk 😊😂 best love from Sri Lanka. Im your biggest fan

[@SyifaAdriana]

Hahaha thank you, Kevin. I really enjoy the tuk-tuk riding!

[@ajit52]

Take a break , rest locally somewhere and get fresh and fit again , you are an inspirational for my daughter

[@javediqbal24134]

I saw couple of your videos of different destinations, you grumble too much of money, people and food. All these are part of the adventure. ❤️❤️❤️

[@marioalbertolucero8323]

Hello Syifa! what a fascinating view! I love the place. Thank you for showing this...... Amping...

[@SyifaAdriana]

Hello Mario! Thank you so much for watching. The view is breathtaking but the history of the lion fortress is also fascinating, something that I didn't explain much on this video because I didn't have enough time to learn about it :)

[@raveenthennakoon2999]

8:33 You say that it is a beautiful color. It is due to some geography stuff which I’ve learnt at school yet can’t remember now :) Yet it has a nice legend attached to it. In our literature, we have a mythical king named “King Raavana” and Sigiriya rock is considered to be his palace/fortress. That nice, almost vertical shape of that side of the rock was happened due to a slash by the sword of King Raavana. King Raavana story is mentioned in “Raamaayanaya” book.

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you for sharing Raveen!!

[@satisfyingcrazy453]

Great video💖💖💖

[@sameerapeiris]

Proud to be srilankan ❤️

[@BusinessGuruhttps]

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[@dammikadassanayake3977]

Hi Syifa. You are doing great job really amezing.

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[@lasidill6326]

😅😅

[@nironick1234]

Ammoh bn

[@avision2597]

What .?

[@chamma9965]

😂❤️

[@MM-gw7em]

Meki hitalama karanne bn sira

[@WaveYatri]

we love u syifa.you are phenomenal for us. get well soon syifa.

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you so much Yatri :)

[@gkview7931]

Thank for sharing this video awesome view top view super 👍👍👍

[@nagalim4023]

She got the best smile on earth

[@avishkarandika4473]

Sigiriya shows the simplest techology used by our ancester, what you saw just tip of an ice burg i would like you to invite go and search king Rawana and his work, what india says about our king Rawana is just another lie we could be small but what sri lankans done cant is imense we are the proudest nation💟 really proud to be a sri lankan💟

[@malshangunasekara]

When i watching your channel , i enjoyed very much. thank you . One of the my favorite vlog. 😍

[@sivanarulsaythuraahavan835]

At 8:37, your hair colour and the rocks colours were perfectly synced 💚💚💚

[@magtazeum4071]

Sigiriya is considered as the 8th wonder of ancient world.It's still a mystery the technology and how they built this thousands of years ago, Just imagin if you had to climb this rock without those metallic stairs!..Still researchers haven't fount how the water supply system in lion's rock works ..Those decorative water showers in ponds are still active in rainy season

[@georgethandayutham8505]

You made it to the top and thank you.❤👍

[@kolonnewarna7822]

Appreciate your effort and thanks for nice video.

[@natividadcalamasa6331]

Nice place you are very lucky to go from place to place keep it up we are watching

[@abraham12348]

That rickshaw drive was good. You learnt so fast....kudos.

[@SyifaAdriana]

It's very similar to riding a motorbike so I did understand it better as I do enjoy motorbiking. Thank you for watching Abraham!

[@crishanthaperera3526]

Wooow you r strong woman.. Proud of you .. Enjoy & careful from locals in my country .. Nice ..You can be a Tuk Tuk driver in Sri Lanka ..expensive $ 30.. Not good price ..

[@gihansiwickramasinghe2258]

This is my country, thank for your video. Budusaranai

[@uvindumalinda7079]

You do amazing exploration.keep it up 😊🙌

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you so much Uvindu :D

[@ganapatihegde1024]

Your Vlogs are amazing! The content is very informative, lucid and your narration is excellent. You are very gracious and charming lady. I have become a subscriber and look forward for more interesting and informative vlog!

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you Ganapati 🙏🙏

[@moranroe1915]

I saw this on your instagram story.love from sri lanka

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you Moran~

[@saharamariveles5294]

Wow thank you for this beautiful vlog

[@DasaDasa]

Comdedy video channel subscribe ..

[@TravelerKazi]

Wow awesome great job keep up I liked you video

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you so much for your kind comment!

[@TravelerKazi]

Syifa Adriana you are long time fan of me and many Nepali too🙏❤️❤️

[@chapamadhuwanthi1354]

I love my sri lanka and I'm very proud of my beautiful country.thank you very much to you visit my mother land

[@Rama_Guru]

that's great 30.00 is less than A bule pay to see Boberadur. I see places that I only dream about thanks to you, the next place I want to see is Ambonand Raga Ampat

[@songbankbank2672]

Just for ur note.there re also rehabilitation centres for elephants,where they re relased back to the wild like in pinnawala

[@travellingnidahasa8008]

Im srilanka I watched you all video That is very nicely I love you❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@wazeem612]

thanks for coming ☺.

[@nabamtagi21]

You're damn cute and more like entertaining every viewers. Glad to see you in my Home town Arunachal Pradesh, I mean documenting about practice of Nyishi Community. Please Syifa miss come back to Arunachal Pradesh, India.

[@aldemir6127]

Hello Shifa, for your information we have many rocky mountains and canyons for you to clime with no cost of anything. Nice place but paying for is problem and climbing is suffering. Good luck.

[@tamarind1459]

This is a man made wonder snd history behind it so there is an entrance fee.

[@aldemir6127]

@@tamarind1459 And I'm sure who ever build it and they will never get penny from $30 dollars of any and all collection. When you compare $30.00 do to others the world wide and this is nothing but highway robbery unfortunately. I have nothing to do with it but the am telling you the truth.

[@tamarind1459]

For us its something precious and a lot of work goes in to maintaining the ruins the art works etc..hence the price.. this was built in the 5th century. A.D. its always a choice to buy a ticket or not. What i simply said was it's not just a rock it has alot of history behind it.

[@aldemir6127]

@@tamarind1459 Yes and I'm sure of it and also same work gous in the every historical places but this one is expensive when you compare to others and also known fact that cost of outdoor is not much as indoor. The volume of people is most important than anything else and in this case and I'm sure many people will stay away from it. Any and most of the museums in Manhattan is under $25.00 and you won't be able to finish in one day. World famous central park of Manhattan is free with some daily shows....

[@SyifaAdriana]

Hello Al Demir, thank you for watching! I do agree with Tamara with regards the history is rich but $30 doesn't seem to justify as the stairs seem to be fragile. There is no flyer or anything written about the history for the visitors to understand the contextual of the importance of this place. That's why I think $30 seems a bit too much for foreign visitors considering the economical context in Asian countries. I know locals justify this entrance fee, but until you pay 5000 something rupees yourself for the entrance fee, I think it's difficult to understand the financial strain of having to pay that money, as a foreigner from another Asian country. 🙂

[@krish291173]

You are a multi talented girl. The tuk tuk that you ride was awesome to watch. Keep going girl☺️

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you Krish. I love riding the tuk tuk, was an extremely fun experience..

[@anthonymcgregor8112]

Brilliant, great video. Well done

[@SyifaAdriana]

Thank you Anthony!

[@JH-cq2fy]

Without knowing the historical archeological value and the technique of the water supply system most people think it’s useless for that amount. And most people visit only to the top of the rock but there’s more to see. Sigiriya is the 8th wonder of the world and designated as a world heritage site.

[@JGMAX-vj7jv]

thank you very much .proud be a sri lanka .

[@weere75]

Oh my god you are so beautiful and very attractive speaker- and thanking you very much for making my beautiful country much more beautiful

[@sanjubiswakarma8996]

Hlo I'm sanju from arunachal Pradesh, India. Yesterday I had subscribed your channel and now I'm enjoying your all the videos on KZbin. You're so pretty and your smile is just familiar at my place.