Meeting Sri Lanka’s KINDEST People On The Road 🇱🇰

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00:00 Intro
01:20 Beautiful Sri Lankan views
02:38 Buying local bananas and egg rolls
06:12 Problem with the Tuk Tuk
07:46 Refuelling with petrol
09:02 Advice for travelling Sri Lanka
09:45 Bumpy dirt roads
10:25 Wildlife and remote villages
11:00 Buying local king coconut and watermelon
14:12 Looking for elephants
15:17 Local tea with Sri Lankan family
20:17 Entering Ella
21:34 Checking into homestay
22:10 Room tour
22:40 Our plans
22:38 Homestay breakfast
24:20 First look of Ella town
25:17 Trying local kotu roti
26:33 Nine arches bridge Ella
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[@josieliftsthings]

This Sri Lanka series is one of my favourites! Want to do an epic Tuk Tuk trip across Sri Lanka? You can book it here at www.tuktukrental.com and use my code JOSIETUK for a discount! 🛺 😁

[@roshr1829]

There are few srilankan restaurants in Pendle hill and Toongabie in Sydney, if you miss those egg rolls

[@Rajpot473]

I Love u ❤❤❤❤ plzz came in Pakistan

[@josieliftsthings]

@@roshr1829Oooooh I will definitely have to Google them when I’m home!!

[@Rajpot473]

@@josieliftsthings ,❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@freedomtraveler92]

Welcome to my youtube 💚😍👊

[@TwoMadExplorers]

Sri Lanka is one of those countries that we ALWAYS want to come back to ❤

[@josieliftsthings]

I had no idea what to expect so I was like yeah 2 weeks will do. Then I did not want to leave. It became one of our favourite countries real fast 😍

[@PrasannaAlmeida]

You 2 r welcome with open arms.

[@nilu88desilva76]

U two mad explorers welcome back to our island

[@TwoMadExplorers]

@@PrasannaAlmeida ❤️

[@TwoMadExplorers]

@@nilu88desilva76 ❤️❤️❤️

[@user-bs4vb8vh6m]

Sri Lanka so beautiful island 🤗😊🫰❤️🏖🏝🌴🇱🇰 Ayubowan....from Thailand 😊🙏🇹🇭

[@josieliftsthings]

Thank you na ka for watching 🙏🙏

[@user-bs4vb8vh6m]

@@josieliftsthings 🤗😉🫰

[@nilu88desilva76]

Kapunka❤

[@nalindammika393]

Sawasdee crub

[@sportzfever]

From kerala living in Australia I can say Australian bananas are not very tasty. Kerala and Sri Lankan bananas are absolutely delicious. We are from the same hemisphere so understandably shares very similar food and fruits.

[@shaymin33988]

i’ve had these bananas before and i just thought all asian countries had these tiny bananas haha. they’re so good and dense!

[@NewMicroElectronics-yv1ek]

Absolutely also agreed with you 😊

[@sarasarajung2173]

not just the fruits, the atmosphere feels similar too

[@vikiclips]

I have seen some videos of kerala and its very similar to Sri Lanka

[@manindrasinha5427]

Sri lanka is beautiful, love from India❤

[@josieliftsthings]

It really is ☺️☺️

[@pauline2022]

wow Srilanka is so underrated, a must visit, so lush and vibrant😍😍

[@josieliftsthings]

Literally! So lush Pauline 🤍🤍

[@timetoreason7090]

"...there is something special about Sri Lanka. There is friendliness from the local people that comes from a *pure heart* They know their land is a paradise but instead of gatekeeping it, they want to share it with us, with you, with the world driving our little red tuk-tuk across this country..." You showed it from your own *pure heart* your humility, appreciation to those lovely people around you. Greetings from a fellow Sydneysider. Wonderful 🙏🙏🙏

[@vishwanan4254]

Be careful

[@CerebralChuckles]

I'm like, why the hell this country is poor in economy. This is literally heaven on earth... Damn!!! 😮😮😮

[@rinslyayesh1165]

😢

[@leelaratnealuthge]

You know a lot of politicians are in Sri Lanka thieves that’s why country got problems

[@Rjktsr6]

we have got worst, corrupted politicians in the world. They are the only reason for poor economy of our paradise island .

[@fazeemf]

We are not poor in comparison to many other countries. We were and still are being robbed in day light by greedy politicians.

[@nilu88desilva76]

Political influence 😢

[@mahendranm9365]

We Tamils love Sinhalese people- basically good and kind people. We don't like corrupt politicians of Sinhalese and Tamils. Humanism will unite us. Together we will bring up the nation.

[@buwa0]

I have many Tamil friends- loveliest people I have met. It is the politicians from both communities who divided us😢

[@skipper2594]

sri lanka has 32 types of bananas , my fv is red bananas .so I ve removed coconut trees and planted red banana trees in 1 acre in my garden ,its also profitable than coconuts

[@RuvitheExplainer]

This video made me emotional. Thankyou for all the kind words about our country. Try the B-35 road - that's where the elephants are.

[@neodanks454]

In Sri Lanka, tea means tea + milk. Ask for "plain tea" and you will get a regular tea (with no milk)

[@milsilva3074]

Thank you for publicate nice video clip Sri Lanka my mind came to after 29 years think about to visit once again

[@syedsahil7936]

Josie you are living your life. Thanks for showing us the world, the places you travelled so far. It's like I can see through your eyes and honestly the way you make videos it's really amazing.

[@Geethika125]

Thank you for showing the beauty of our country to the world 🇱🇰❤️✨️

[@futuretrading6602]

pala pakaya yanna ennwa suddita puka denna

[@mrinalamin7872]

Wow that’s really beautiful love the greenery around

[@josieliftsthings]

It’s so beautiful seriously! ☺️

[@iridipdeuri]

Beautifully captured..lush n green. scenic tour..Michael in Godspeed mode😂waiting for the day when Josie drives tuk tuk😂

[@josieliftsthings]

I TOTALLY would have, I wanted to! But my license at home is expired because I’ve been travelling for so long and you need a valid license to drive so I got off this time 🛺🛺😂😂 Thank you Ridip! 😁🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@prashantjoshi849]

This episode gave us the view of beautiful rural areas in Srilanka... thank you 😊

[@ssap3717]

Galla is the Sinhalase pronunciation of Galle. Dont forget Horton Plains National Park near Ella. You can see the beautiful Bakers Falls and World End trail.

[@josieliftsthings]

That makes sense! Thank you for letting me know - we were having a hard time explaining ourselves 😂

[@eLearningLK]

@@josieliftsthings please do not let stray dogs lick you. Almost all of them are not vaccinated. Love your videos

[@Eagleeye644]

Thanks for being here and promoting stunning scenery in the paradise island. That tuk-tuk guy in Ella is an opportunist, good that you were smart to dump him, 2k is a ripoff. Otherwise most people are very reasonable, do not try to just grab money like that. Hope you 2 will have a wonderful time in that homely and BEAUTIFUL country. ❤ 😊

[@josieliftsthings]

Definitely - everyone else in this video was beautiful and that captures the real heart of Sri Lanka I think! ☺️

[@futuretrading6602]

pala hukanna yanna suddita puka dena

[@chandeepakarunasekara2778]

​​@@futuretrading6602yako lankawe enna 3 wheel pakayo hena keri ballo. Mun kilo metereta 1000 gannawa. Suddo athakota lankawata awida.

[@Eagleeye644]

@@futuretrading6602 නොදකිං කාලකන්නි මූසලය. තොගෙ පකේ සිංහල කම, සිංහල අකුරෙන් ලියා ගන්නවත් දන්නෙ නෑ. තෝ වගෙ වේසිගෙ බල්ලො තමයි පොන්නයො, සුද්දන්ගෙන් හොරකං කරන්නෙ. පාපතර බල්ල. තොගෙ අම්මටත් හුකපිය ගෙදර ගිහිං.

[@theflyingfinneys]

Glad you were able to get reserved seats for the train (we were not) but it was an adventure for us. Lovely video and makes us want to come back to Sri Lanka

[@janakiabeysundera1734]

Then come back. warmly welcome. love from Sri lanka

[@youcryin00]

Seeing these AMAZING AND POSITIVE videos about Sri Lanka makes me miss SRI LANKA so much. I am definitely going to visit and meet up with all my family and friends from Sri Lanka. The whole Tuk- Tuk experience is just amazing, the bumpy roads and the wind on your face. Sri Lanka is amazing! Another tip- use a translator to make it easier to communicate and you will learn new Sinhalese words while doing this.

[@kuyamendz]

Great shots you got there Josie going northward of Sri Lanka . . . and pretty much the same countryside scenery and roadside shacks we got here in the Philippines for stop-overs when you travel northward or southward from Manila . . . hmmm, Michael seemed to enjoy his tuk-tuk driving . . . BTW, I'm touched when you said you really love our TURON - the fried sugared banana inside the spring roll wrapper . . . you should have tasted our TURON with LANKA (jackfruit) which is the real treat!! . . . so enjoy the rest of your Sri Lankan adventure and take care you two!!

[@oskarumesh2394]

Srilanken is a paradise. Everything is stunning , people, animals, except the corrupted politicians.

[@truebelief3631]

The corrupted politicians are elected by the people of Sri Lanka.

[@tharindusupunmalewana5222]

Yes it is

[@rathy_v]

Protest going on everywhere

[@user-lh9os9xy2n]

เกิดขึ้นทุกที่ครับ

[@tuanputrajurangpati3240]

the most unfortunate of our nation is really as you said. Politicians ( corrupted )

[@rajithabeywickrema6111]

Sri lanka is the only country in the world having more than 10 varieties of bananas. From Orkney, UK

[@thushithb]

Best thing about Sri Lanka is, its people!

[@josieliftsthings]

I totally agree!

[@zinfinite777]

Amazingly amazing! Sri Lanka looks like such a loving giving country - I can’t wait to visit myself one day & share my own journeys with the world! What an honour to be driving the country on a tuktuk haha

[@chula3155]

You've captured some stunning views and colors there ❤ and the truely traditional nature of village people.

[@yasminesid2005]

You're like a human golden retriever lol! Such amazing energy everyones gotta love ya ♥️

[@josieliftsthings]

😂😂☺️

[@avishkarandika4473]

somebody just wrote what i was thinking

[@richardsimpson7776]

Super cool idea renting a tuk tuk. What an adventure

[@dylanliyanage1880]

I love Sri Lanka, will be visiting for 4 weeks with my 2 crazy friends all the way from England :)

[@josieliftsthings]

Enjoy! It’s amazing

[@christinalaw7006]

Beautiful scenery- loved the bridge, especially when the train crossed it. You looked refreshed in the new blue shirt 🙂. Pity you didn't run into any elephants! Everything appeared so green and luscious. Sri Lanka would be an amazing place to visit. Michael should get a part time job there so you can stay longer - driving Tuk Tuk's- 😂😂😂😂 Thanks for sharing.

[@josieliftsthings]

It is a crazy beautiful country!! It’s so underrated. Looks just as good as Indonesia if not better. Beautiful. Hahaha maybe I’ll learn to drive too 😂😂😂

[@nisanka]

There are so many Nomads/remote workers and freelancers now staying in Sri Lanka and more are planning to settle down here.

[@arunavachakraborty9809]

They have sent all the people to India as refugees .

[@maxalgama4173]

Hi Josie & Partner, Thanks a lot for showing the whole world the Real, True, Beautiful, Authentic Sri Lanka. I am really glad that u r doing a great job promoting our nice good island. God Bless u 2. We are also one of the Most Hospitable people in the whole world. Even the poor will try to invite u something small without expecting any gift or tip o etc...

[@anjukakusal6699]

Thanks for visiting, much love from MELBOURNE ❤❤

[@janakiabeysundera1734]

Welcome to our paradise. Sri Lanka has so much to offer Beautiful sunny beaches to cold lush greenish mountain, Rain forests, incredible wild life, water falls ,Historical sites ,amazing foods ,except snow every kind of nature in this tiny island . That's why it is so special

[@kaminidesilva705]

I really love all your comments on everything about my country. You guys are awesome. ❤

[@kasunliyanage9416]

Another beautiful video ..thank you for showing the beauty of sri lanka ...enjoy ur stay

[@jamshedghouse5908]

It's exciting to see young people traveling on a budget to different parts of the world. Its also great to see the world through your lens and hence taking all of us with y'all. I wish you both the very best in all your wonderful adventures visiting different countries and cultures. Thanks to young people like you, the world has become a smaller place.

[@josieliftsthings]

This is such a lovely comment! Thank you so much for your kind words. So glad you liked watching 😁😊😊🙏🏻

[@TravelWeekend]

Thank you very much came to our country. Wonderful episode ❤

[@nipundeshan2517]

You just earned a subscriber! Love your content and the energy from both of you. It's been awhile since I have been in my country and seeing it from your PoV is lovely!

[@rachelandmilan]

We are currently travelling round Sri Lanka and have vlogged every single day! Check out our videos if you love sri lanka😅

[@dionenine]

You guys super crazy to take a tuk tuk for such a long ride. At the same time it is exciting to watch. Keep it up.

[@janakaperera1242]

Enjoy your visit to Ella Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Take care 💞 sending Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰❤️👍😊

[@futuretrading6602]

ane nikan palayan moda janaka yanna puka nodi

[@kasun_thilini_jayasingha]

You can go deep in the srilanka you can see many beautiful things and srilankan hospitality ❤

[@indrajithmanodara8500]

I like paddy field views. Beautiful greeneries. Enjoy it.

[@RukshanDissanayake94]

Awesome video. Enjoyed it ❤

[@randombeluga252]

You guys should visit Anuradhapura. An ancient city with many ruins and beautiful structures🤠

[@himashwijewardena919]

I love the fact that you guys used Paradise as the background music... I hope you'll had a pleasant trip & please do visit us again. Stay safe!

[@priyantharathnasingha3839]

Thank u v.much visiting our beautiful contry..god bless u both 4 ever...

[@gaj7826]

Thanks for visiting Sri Lanka. ❤Waiting for more videos.

[@Jessicaaaaaaaa]

17:24 the boy is so cute 😊

[@josieliftsthings]

He really is! ❤️

[@pveijk1]

Nice trip! It is an amazing country. We took thiws trip in the opposite direction from Kandy to Ella. By train it is very nice You will go up the mountains till you reach Kandy!

[@jaleelmohomed6367]

Thanks for introducing my country to the world 👍💐

[@Sdbhaii]

Love From India 🇮🇳

[@derbart07]

Beautiful relaxing (for us viewers!) What a great way to travel around for fun in a tuk tuk!!

[@gabrieltristan4672]

Josie you are a very kind person and also your partner

[@josieliftsthings]

Thank you! ☺️☺️

[@thaarakagodage]

Great video, God bless you both.

[@thomasfernando2527]

Hi there... I just saw this video first time... you guys doing really good. Keep it up... I'm following utubers Davud.... Mark wiens...harald baldr...I'm Marwa... From today I'm going to watch all your previous videos and after... I'm also from Sri Lanka originally living in Canada.... Advanced Wishes for 1M Subscribers.... from my Heart... Keep Rocking guys...Thomas From Canada originally from Sri Lanka East Province...

[@avacado6023]

Great Video ❤

[@pathummadushan9118]

Thank you for visiting our country. 🇱🇰 ❤️

[@rimdeen5416]

WELCOME ALL

[@chathurangaweerasena2181]

Great presentation❤👍👍

[@hasinthadulshan320]

Thank you 😊 for come and visiting to our country, and I sincerely appreciate the introductions you make about the friendliness😊, beauty, culture, etc. of the people of our country, I am Hasintha from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 . Bye 👋 I cordially invite you to come here once again 😊

[@rictravels]

Wow what a great video... Love it... Hope to be as successful as you...

[@accseccomany5027]

I like your smile. It is very Cheerfull 😊🇱🇰

[@kdes1212]

Yeah ! If you want to taste more than 20 different flavours of banana and mangos, sri lanka is the place to be.

[@buddhikasampath2278]

Big thanks for experiencing our country! Your visit means a lot. Wishing you safe travels and wonderful memories. ❤🧡💛

[@josieliftsthings]

Thank you! 😃 Beautiful country. One of my favourites now.

[@futuretrading6602]

ane pala pakaya yanna

[@peacelife]

Aw! You should ask for spoon to eat the inside of the coconut. That is great. Love ur video. You guys spread positivity and friendlyness when you travel. Glad found ur channel.

[@thewanderer4638]

So good to see you guys.. It's really enjoyable hiring an auto rickshaw and ride it around.. 😁 Both of you are very simple and good heart people. You both get adapted very easily.. Bdw am from Northeast India (Assam) Really could not find you in Ghy, when you were here, I did wait but my bad luck.. I didn't knew where you guys were.

[@josieliftsthings]

Thank you for the lovely words! Yes it’s a great way to explore ☺️ Assam is beautiful - you’re so lucky to live there! ☺️

[@thewanderer4638]

@@josieliftsthings In daily life, we have to face lots of problems n challenges here. I have one of my school friend living in Melbourne with her husband.. Both are Indian.. But you gotta accept, In terms of work wages, Australia is much better as you gets more wages than us for the same amount of work in Australia. You missed a lot of places in Assam as travellers, Manas National Park which is 20km away from my home. I know it's all that you guys had less time to explore..

[@user-qo6qf8cq8f]

Thank you so much for visiting sri lanka ❤ look at the beauty of my country 🇱🇰🙏

[@DMJ-Creation]

First of all welcome to srilanka 🇱🇰 Wow beautuful video your channel one my favourite hope you all enjoy stay srilanka cheers ❤❤❤

[@travelblogbynivanka1511]

We love for your youtube channel thanks for visit Sri lanka like to see you both ❤

[@nissankafernando7427]

Thanks for coming to srilanka .....! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍🙏

[@larissaleal6609]

I love this video. Hopefully I would be able to add up one more stop to my trip 😢❤ Sri Lanka ❤️

[@rachelandmilan]

We are currently travelling round Sri Lanka and have vlogged every single day! Check out our videos if you love sri lanka😅

[@CodeWithBanchi]

Love your personality Josie. Welcome to Sri Lanka 🎉❤

[@josieliftsthings]

Thank you!!!! Sri Lanka has been one of my favourite places - I think you can tell!! 😁😁

[@dtsafernando3063]

Lot of thanks for introducing my motherland sri lanka to world ,,it is beautiful country , warmly wellcome to sri lanka ,thanks so much , god bless you

[@rachelandmilan]

We are currently travelling round Sri Lanka and have vlogged every single day! Check out our videos if you love sri lanka😅

[@segsyholeyt]

Aww look how kind you aree🥺🥺🥺❤⚘

[@Iamyohanpathum]

Much love from Sri Lanka ❤️

[@imthisallay7028]

Enjoy every moment stay safe guys love you all

[@SamSam-dn2xo]

Hi 👋 mam..thanks for coming sri lanka 🎉 we are so happy to welcome you guys and am so happy to watching your KZbin channel Am so excited ...oh really these places are in sri lanka 🇱🇰 Coz I didn't go around like how you went over places...thank you so much to showing our srilanka very beautiful to our eyes 🎉🎉🎉

[@lakishyakumaratunge2362]

Amazing ❤ Sri Lanka is a beautiful paradise on earth 🫶

[@crisantinapangilinan8375]

Sri Lanka had nice people

[@josieliftsthings]

Most definitely!!

[@sajithsri9008]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@Priyanthakulasekara-uc2vn]

Thanks a lot of visit to sri lanka

[@undertakerfanz628]

I love Josie 😍😍

[@riyasliyakath201]

Wow wow what a green ❤️

[@MaraZoneLK]

Thanks you.🇱🇰

[@nadeekagamage354]

Oh guys you drive so long with tuk tuk. I don't think even Sri Lankan drive that much distance by tuk tuk. You are so 💪. Have a great journey. Love from Sri Lanka!

[@mohamedhassan-uh2rk]

Welcome to Srilanka... ❤ Srilankan's always best in Hospitality 😊

[@shanakadulaj9468]

You guys are amazing ❤❤❤❤

[@menakesilva1299]

Welcome to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@chiranranasinghe9838]

Thank you very much for your visiting♥️😍

[@ranjithgunawardana8900]

Thanks madam,very good video

[@t.p.gentertainment7065]

We love your so much ❤ we are Srilankan peoples ❤

[@omxsparrow3397]

Beautiful location ✨

[@Coool-lj4wf]

Welcome to Sri Lanka ❤

[@mohamedanaz7085]

Excellent 👌👌👌❤

[@ourhometech]

love your videos, i know the tuktuk drivers near 9arch charge overprice for locals too. some even charge 5000 rupees. we decided to walk back , going back is easier than going to 9arch.

[@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763]

In the villages you get honest ppl and honest prices

[@keerthinuwan]

Wow guys ❤

[@kavingamkn]

If I could find you guys, I would have brought you my house for a lil treat... Thanks for visiting Sri Lanka... ❤