North of Colombo Travel Guide

This side of Sri Lanka features the pristine beach of Negombo where visitors can see traditional water vessels sailing in the vastness of the sea among a number of fishermen casting their nets hoping for an abundant harvest of shrimps and crabs. A visit to North Colombo is a sobering chance to see the poverty first-hand. Relying on traditional fishing and farming for a living, fishermen and their families live in small thatched roofed houses, similar to the stilt houses in Malaysia. Visitors, however, can still enjoy numerous water sports activities once...