"Lahore Lahore Lahore"
He is saying like
"Kasur, Lahore, Kasur, Lahore"
Hello guys!
Welcome to the 2nd episode of SriLanka series
I am Bilal Azam
And welcome to my channel, "Being a Traveler"
In previous episode you had seen my journey to SriLanka from Lahore
In which I told you about my experience and flight details
And if you want to see airport arrival vlog, so you can check out my
Second channel, "Bilal Azam Unplugged"
I will post some unplugged type videos on my 2nd channel
And complete episodes will post here (Being a traveler)
So you can also check them out
In previous episode you saw that I met Amit
In next episode you will see who is Amit
and how had he become my friend
In today's episode, I am going to tell you how we will explore Sri Lanka
I and Amit is going to rent a motorbike
In today's video, we will experience first impression of Colombo
And process of renting motorbike in Sri Lanka
You have to make a temporary tourist license in Sri Lanka
Even you have Pakistan and India's local license or international license
Means, this is another way to make money
So we are going to motor traffic department for license
Which is almost 30-40 Km away
As we are backpackers, so we will travel in local bus instead of Taxi
And this journey will be about 2 hours
By going there I will tell you the rest
So guys we are going
But we didnt exchange the currency
So firstly we are going for currency exchange
There was 203 also
This is 203
205?
He is saying 205
Has he said 205?
Ok it is 205
That's better
We are not going to exchange all money
Ok. We are going to exchange $ 50
Multiply by 205
Passport?
They are too strict about mask
By the way, they did not take the PCR test
That's why we choose Sri Lanka for trip
But Amit has taken his PCR test
What its cost in India
800 INR
800?
In Pakistan, it costs 4.5k PKR
Look at this
This is Sri Lanka's currency
5000
Green one is 1000
This is 10,250 LKR
This is 200 and 50
50's note is most beautiful
So we got 10,250 LKR for 50 USD
And this is equal to 8000- 9000 PKR
From here, you can buy SIM card
Amit, In how much you got a SIM?
1400 LKR
Airtel SIM is the cheapest one (1400 LKR)
Alright! Finally, we have come out of the Airport
Let's go
Oh my God! It is too hot
Extremely hot
It is too warm
Look at Amit's bags, he brought too small bags
And look at my bags
There is also a reason behind this, which I will tell you in next episode
That why he brought small bags
As the price is very high at the airport, so we did not take a taxi from there
So we are going away from airport
We will go there for taxi
so
We are going to motor traffic department for license
Amit, How far motor traffic department is?
36 Km
There is also an area named "Chhattisgarh" in India?
Is "Chhattisgarh" in Punjab?
No, it is a different state now.
There are two districts "Madhya Pradesh" and "Chhattisgarh"
"Chhattisgarh" with "Madhya Pradesh"
Ok guys "Tuk Tuk" (Rikshaw) are asking Rs 3000 for going to motor traffic department
Local people are saying that if you go on bus you will be charged Rs 150 only
150 rupees for 3 buses (50 each)
Bus is just 10 minutes away
We are walking with our bags ant its really hot
So lets move towards the bus station
So we are at signal, here is airport city hotel
This is bus stop
Is this Bus stop?
Bus stop is at this side
Colombo bus?
Yes! Colombo Fort
How far?
Half Km
Do you want to go on "tuk tuk"?
No thanks!
He is saying that we have to walk further
Lets continue the walk
Here are many statues like this
There are Buddhist
And Hindus
And Muslims also
It was very cold when I left Lahore
It's March 3,2022, but weather of Sri Lanka is 26-27 And C
And there is lot of humidity
Alright! Finally, we are at bus stop
There is bus stop and here is some street food
This is "Laddu"
Onions, tomatoes and Laddu
I am not eating now
we are going for license first
This is the bus stop of katunayake
Colombo airport is in katunayake district, not in city Colombo
Ok, here is silence
Colombo Fort?
Okay, bus number?
Bus number?
187
This bus takes 70 rupees for going to Colombo fort
And this AC bus takes 170 rupees and its route is from Highway
while the other bus goes from local city
I dont know if there is space in it or not
All foreigners are going in this AC bus
187?
Let's go on this bus
The bus is full!
There is no seat
Oh! I have to sit on middle one
Alright! I got the center seat
and this is 187 Bus
its very crowd on bus
the bus left us at one stop back
he took 180 Rs
I think they charged 10 Rs for bags
We have reached Colombo fort
Lets go on 2nd bus
Bus 138?
Ok this one
Lets go
Now we are going to Pettah on this bus
this one
These Pineapples are looking delicious
Pettah?
Motor traffic department in Pettah
these are Lotteries
Here is a market and restaurants in front of us
And this is a beautiful "Lotus Tower"
He told us to come on this bus stop
103
Ok, this is not AC bus
103?
Let's go further
Hey!
They have great networks
"Lahore Lahore Lahore"
He is saying like
"Kasur, Lahore, Kasur, Lahore"
Speak again!
Good
"Darbar, Darbar, Darbar" (place name in Lahore)
Same sound like these are resonates in Lahore
This is called Exploring the Culture
Rikshaw is another source of traveling but this is fun
These are Bus stops
Their Bus services are amazing
Both buses are available AC and without AC
These are small stalls on bus stop, same as in our country
These are small oranges
Beautiful!
Snacks
Oranges, Apples, Grapes
And colorful masks
Dates
Lets go
I am making this video from Go Pro instead of DSLR
Don't mind if video quality is low
Because you can see the luggage is loaded on my shoulders
So, I can't handle DSLR like this
Just get the bike once and then the video will made with ease
Okay!
we have to go ....
See, how he is speaking ("Darbar, Darbar, Darbar)
" Datta Sahab, Darbar "...