2013 – Negombo, Sri Lanka – Our Tuk Tuk driver takes us on tour around the area
FISH MARKET -Before we could see the market we could smell the fish. The market was teaming with fish and people were so busy busy !! We follow our driver along the fishy water pathway to the market. The vendors were busy gutting fish for customers. Many varieties of fish and some with brilliant color. We took a picture of a parrot fish. Also some of the largest Tiger Shrimp I have never seen.
Parrot Fish
On the left – Tiger Shrimp
Huge collections of mats near the beach, where fish are spread out to dry.
70 KM Canal, beginning in Negombo and ends in Colombo. It is quite a feat considering it had been built hundreds of years ago by the Dutch. I am thinking it may have been built by the Sri Lankans with the Dutch overseeing the engineering. It facilitate the trade of spices including cinnamon. Cinnamon groves still exist here and originated by the Dutch in the 1600’s
100 Country Trek 
I love the parrot fish!
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Very colorful.
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The smell of fish can be pervasive, so kudos to you for being able to navigate the market with that smell: I wouldn’t be surprised if you returned to your hotel smelling like fish! I can imagine that they must be delicious to eat, though!
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Yes indeed. I wouldn’t eat the dried fish. Too yucky. Had to get a shower and get the smell away. 😩
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I am hungry. my god.. lol
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Fly over and grab these fish.
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What an incredible experience. I can’t get over the rows and rows of fish drying on the mats
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Don’t think I would eat those dried fish.
LOL
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me neither!
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I love a tuk-tuk ride, and a market of any kind! That parrot fish looks huge 😮
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A great place to visit. The Parrot Fish caught my attention.
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Nice shots
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Thanks 😀
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love the tuk tuk! And wow what a fish!
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Yes he caught my attention.
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Beautiful. What is a parrot fish? A talking fish? That will be nice.
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He has the same color as parrot..ha!
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This is so interesting! The Parrot Fish is beautiful and the tiger shrimp are enormous. I feel like I was there! Taking a tour by Tuk-Tuk is brilliant. I used Tuk-Tuk’s in Cambodia. I’m glad I faced backwards: I didn’t have to see the crazy traffic our driver navigated! Thanks for taking us to Sri Lanka!
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Yes such a great place to visit. We traveled by Tuk Tuk in different parts of Asia. Thanks 😀
Anita
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interesting, do they eat the parrot fish?
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Yes ..they enjoy these fish…very tasty.
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A good post on Sri Lanka! Thank you 😊
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Thanks .. loved our visit there
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Yes. By the way, I am Sri Lankan. 😊
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Do you live in Sti Lanka..
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Not really. I live in London. But I am a Sri Lankan national.
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