Day 1!! Negombo Sunday Food and Fish Markets

After 24 hours of travel and only kinda sleeping on the plane, we were tired and needed a shower.  But when we arrived at our beach guesthouse in Negombo , it was only 8 am and our room wasn’t ready. So we stored our bags and got walking!  

The highlight for our walk was a large outdoor fish and produce market.  So much fun!  There was such a variety of foods for sale!  It was raining on and off, so there were tarps and rope everywhere.  Many low enough that you had to duck your head to pass under.  

 

It was fun to watch Toby negotiate prices with the vendors in Sinhalese, one of the languages commonly spoken here.  Sinhalese was his first language.  He’s forgotten a lot of it.  But it impressed me!!

Pictures

1-Negombo beach. I put my feet in the Indian Ocean for the 1st ever today!

2 -An outrigger fishing boat (oruwa in Sinhalese) on the beach.  There are many types of fishing boats in use.

3-  A vendor at the Sunday market.  Their produce is on tarps on the ground

4- Bulk spices, lentils, etc for sale at the Sunday market.  I loved that we were right by the ocean. 

5- Toby enjoying his first King coconut!

6- This very interesting man told me about the fish drying process, which includes lots of salt, tarps, and sunshine.