the Portuguese started building this Fort and galle in 1588 which was later fortified
by the Dutch today we are going to explore galle Fort it's our very very first day here
in galle so we're just gonna have a look around and take you on the journey with us
so we are just going for a walk around galle fort and we're just where the lighthouse is right now
and check this out if you walk behind the lighthouse there is a massive Beach where
loads and loads of locals are kind of coming together today it's super super popular very
crowded actually usually you don't see so many Sri Lankans in one place at the beach usually it's a
little bit more scattered around so this seems to be look at the ball this seems to be the
place to be if you want to go for a swim and enjoy your day here in galle fort and look there in the
distance I don't know if the camera is picking up on it but sort of over there you even have
a big Buddhist temple a big Pagoda you can see there and wow this is beautiful really white sand
wow so nice here now it's absolutely stunning you can actually see off in the distance uh
rumassala which we were speaking with um nilukshan our good friend and there's a
pagoda over there that's very close to Jungle beach in unawatuna called rumassala apparently
a very very special place for Buddhist but wow guys Galle is absolutely blowing us away
right now we've only been here for literally a few hours and we are totally shocked at just
how stunning it is it's very very actually I would say almost underrated if you compare it
to a lot of other tourist destinations that we've been to so far this place is really
cool I didn't even realize that there's such a beautiful Beach area and we saw even another one
just over there plenty of people out enjoying the sunshine really cool place no thank you
all good thank you the water is actually Crystal Clear it's very blue and very beautiful the
setting here in the Dutch fort of Galle is truly One of a Kind actually and it's actually very very
different to a lot of the places that we have explored so far in Sri Lanka the architecture
is one of a kind obviously because of the Dutch influence there's also Portuguese architectural
influence here as well and you can see that in a lot of the buildings and structures around here
Galle Fort itself there is plenty of cafes restaurants seafood restaurants plenty of
local eat places too where you can get an absolute bargain for some food and that's one of the main
reasons why we decided to come down here to Galle we came here from hikkaduwa just last night so this
is our literal first time exploring this area but we came here to experience some authentic food
we're going to be spending our New Years here as well I know New Years for Sri Lankans is in April
but we are very excited to be spending our New Years here in Galle with some amazing
local people and maybe some amazing local food as well how epic is this guys it's a replica
of a Dutch 18 pounder cast iron Cannon mounted on wooden Garrison carriage wow very very cool
I would love to see a real one of these but um yeah imagine the damage that could be done
with one of these bad boys and this is actually a pretty small cannon in terms of like actual Canon
sizes just next to where we were just a second ago on the beach as well we're very excited to be here
in Galle we're going to be spending quite a few days just sort of wandering around here and taking
everything in wow this tree is really beautiful look at this one wow we are our accommodation
actually at the moment is in Galle Fort as well and we're going to be spending New Year's here so
I cannot wait to see the fireworks over the fort for New Year's because last year we have been in
Mexico but it was still kind of at the height of the pandemic so there was not so much going
on so I hope this year we are going to be able to celebrate the New Year in a big way no thank you
everybody here is trying to
sell uh Dutch coins or English coins and they're I have no idea now guys tell me down in the comments
if you can if they are actually selling authentic coins it's obviously very hard for us to be able
to tell the difference we've had a fair few people coming up to us and trying to do all sorts of
stuff with one money exchange guy and keep in mind as well if you are a visiting Galle there is a lot
a lot of pressure from uh tuk-tuk drivers so every single Corner that you go like if you're inside
the fort for example you're going to hear the words the famous words wanna tuk tuk and it gets
very very annoying after a while but I think we're pretty used to it after hikkaduwa no yeah I feel
like hikkaduwa was kind of the height of tuk tuk mania and I feel like galle is a little bit less it's still
a lot but it's a little bit less and with the coins I'm sure if you snorkel around the area and
actually look through the sand and so on and sure like 10 20 years back that you would be able to
find loads and loads of English Dutch Portuguese and so on coins but um I think by now probably not
anymore this is pretty epic so they have basically an old Dutch hospital that they have essentially
transformed into a like shopping area where you can go and buy things like gemstones things like
souvenirs stuff like that and the building itself is really really interesting it's very long so it
accommodates quite a lot of shops and it's just very close actually to the Cannon where we just
were so if you do want to come to galle and check out maybe some different shopping opportunities
this would be the place for it also just across from this Dutch Hospital shopping center you have
a very interesting looking abandoned building yes I just walked over there just because I'm
always interested in seeing abandoned buildings if they are not completely broken down or locked off
and I have no idea actually what happened here if this might still be a tsunami damage or something
like that but I don't I'm actually not sure but you can see there is a sign here for stores but
on the inside obviously no roof no nothing and but it looks like this house here once upon a time was
probably something very beautiful as you can see still some details around here you can see through
it's actually really really nice to walk around in here now obviously it looks like some people
vandalized the electricity maybe to get to the Copper or something like that and then sell the
metal I'd say but yeah this house I think once upon a time was very very beautiful kind of
stumbled onto what looks like a little bit of a market this place is pretty cool they have some
like um What's this called the tie-dye stuff batik yeah but um seems to just be basically
a little place that's selling a whole bunch of souvenirs and stuff like that um obviously galle
Fort is pretty touristy um but that's kind of the whole reason for it I guess but I think some
of the stuff looks really nice this stuff here kind of looks like it's handmade or something
yeah that's what I wanted to say all of it sort of here looks like it's handmade market or something like that and actually check out this tree
this is like the main reason why I wanted to come here oh my God tree is really really cool
very very epic looking tree it's kind of overshadowing this
market area as well galle is definitely surprising us right now I sort of had
envisioned in my mind when it came to a fort I thought it would be signed kind of like similar
to jaffna Fort where we were before the galle Fort is much larger and there's much more happening
here as well there's actually people living inside the Fort and as I said before our accommodation is
inside the Fort as well and which was not the case in jaffna for jaffna sort of had a museum
and the walls and that was pretty much it so it's really really cool to see that there is a lot more
happening around here and it's a lot larger as well than the one up north here in galle fort it's
actually really really interesting to see that you sort of have a big mix of a lot of different
religions so for example this place here sort of looks a little bit more like a Muslim type
of place there are some Protestant churches I believe they are Protestant churches because
they are Old Dutch churches here in the area as well and then obviously you have some Buddhist
places and if you exit galle fort there are some Hindu places so Hindu temples and that sort of
stuff as well so it's very very interesting to see how all of the cultures and their religions
here in the area sort of come together all right guys so we made our way here to a place called
The Lucky Fort restaurant apparently these guys have some pretty incredible food we went just
based off of the Google reviews they apparently do some cooking classes as well so we're very very
excited to give this food a try we also got some amazing fresh lime and Sprite juice so cheers guys
um wow that is super super sharp taste very very refreshing perfect it's a very very hot day today
and both of us are feeling pretty hungry guys and this restaurant actually looks very very beautiful
very unique sort of setup and they have a whole bunch of different like garden ornaments and stuff
like that around the area of the restaurant so you cannot wait to try some of this food some of
the rice coming already oh nice oh they're so cute that's actually what I wanted to say they're sweet
and sour but look at how cute they are they're so so small I'm kind of trying to squeeze the
rest of this little lime into my Sprite to make it more limey yes oh wow this is perfect
potatoes and chicken curry nice beetroot Curry jackfruit curry mango Curry and pineapple whoa
nice aubergine eggplants wow beans and Pumpkin Curry and some chips some Papadoms nice thank
you so much thank you try to eat Sri Lankan way yeah so what we got is we ordered for two people it's
a total of 10 curries that we can try and now some of them I think we already tried in other videos
some definitely not at least not for the video so I cannot wait to dig in as always a good Sri
Lankan lunch or dinner starts with the rice in this case this time we have white rice obviously
some papadums they cannot be missed for any food whatsoever in Sri Lanka I feel like and the owner
actually just came to us and she said what you want to do is to mix about three curries with
each other so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna take some of the dahl Curry let's see what is this one
is this one the Jackfruit looks like Jackfruit I think yeah this one is the Jackfruit gonna go Dahl
Jackfruit and some star beans usually the star beans are the ones that are a little bit more
on the spicy side so I would like some spicy kick in there as well and then with your hand obviously
go in mix everything really really nicely try not to burn your hand give this thing a try
hmm
wow this is perfect now I thought that the star beans would be a little bit more
on the spicy side in this case it's not on the spicy side I have to find a dish that is spicy
rice rice rice rice I want you in my life what a way to start off that cringy clip but guys
I'm ready to load up my plate right now we have 10 different types of curries I to be
honest I'm totally new to all of this we have eaten plenty of it since we came to Sri Lanka
but a lot of this still looks totally alien to me I know what Dahl is and I know what these
beautiful fried potatoes are these are one of actually my favorite dishes that I've had
since we came to Sri Lanka it's basically fried potato with some chilies oh my God
because I'm Irish I really do value a good Spud or a good potato but I'm gonna load up my plate
as well guys with a couple of different options I'm gonna go for the dahl first as well similar
to what Naomi did oh my God that potato has a kick oh nice it's nice and spicy it's really good I can
mix it with my curry then I'm gonna go in for some of this stuff which I have no idea what
it is but it looks very good it looks like kind of like chopped pineapple or something like that
um oh some of these beans as well these beans look absolutely incredible I love anything to do
with these sort of long green beans and then some of this salad which actually kind of looks like
eggplant that looks absolutely perfect to me and then just exactly the way that Naomi showed you
guys mix it all together with your hands nice and compact just so you get a nice sort of clump of
the curry and rice together and then once you've accomplished that put it in your mouth
oh wow flavors absolutely incredible this food seems to be sort of very very very authentic
and homemade the woman that works here and served us the food is very very friendly and
she kindly explained how to properly mix things together oh and I have a papadum as well so I
think I'm gonna scoop a nice portion of this stuff up here guys just like I did before
look at that does not get much better than this
oh my God amazing
wow you guys the lucky fort restaurant probably one of the most delicious dishes that we had in Sri
Lanka especially because you have such a large Choice yeah yeah it's absolutely
amazing and we had rice with 10 different types of curries so we had a lot of options
um what we could pick and choose and mix in and it was such a unique and very very different sort of
flavor that we had it was definitely two thumbs up 100 agreed the food was so so good would you
mind holding this first yeah sure thanks she even gave us a little fridge magnet called Sri
Lanka galle Fort as a it's like a surfboard for a little surfboard for us to remember galle Fort
it's so so nice and the family in there is just so lovely as well and very heartwarming yeah yeah and
Out of This World Experience if you do come to golfort and you're looking for a little bit of
an authentic experience common check the lucky Fort restaurant out looking forward restaurant
keep calm and fresh fruit juice available okay all righty guys that was our very first impression of
the amazing galle Fort area and galle in general as I said we've only been here now for literally
a couple of hours and I can tell you something this place is very special yeah I'm super super
super excited to be spending um New Year's here as well I'm sure there will be a very very big party
um sort of yesterday evening we walked around a little bit and you could see there there were
concerts and all of that stuff here in the area as well so I'm sure New Year's will be big 100 guys
but for now my name is Luke my name is Naomi we are the two mad explorers and this is your
reminder to keep experience see you guys in the next Sri Lankan adventure for watching bye bye