For Yves' last few days, we stayed at a small family run guesthouse near the beach in Negombo. We spent a lot of time hanging out in the pool and visited Negombo’s fishing market, beach, and dutch canal.
One evening, on our way to dinner, we happened upon a kite festival on the beach where crowds of kids were flying elaborate kites of all shapes and sizes. Some were huge or had crazy long tails, while others were decked out with LED lights. After dinner, we hung out at the kite festival concert for a while and then stopped to watch a local wedding ceremony on the beach that had live musicians playing really nice traditional music.
Dom's dad is a really friendly person who loves to talk to people. Locals in Sri Lanka are so genuinely friendly, so Yves would often stop to chat with them. On his camera, he had pictures of snow in Canada that he enjoyed showing to the locals. The funny thing is that it actually turned out to be a great way of fending off vendors in the market. The locals who genuinely wanted to chat with him would look at the pictures with interest, but the ones who just wanted to make a sale would quickly get bored and race away to the next potential buyer.
After our visit in Negombo, Yves returned to Canada. We were really happy to have the opportunity to travel with him and have so many wonderful experiences and adventures together! We look forward to the next time :)