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The Negombo Fish Market is the second largest fish market in the Island. The local people call it Llelama. The fish market is situated near the Old Dutch Fort Gate and held every day except Sundays. According to the statistics of the Sri Lankan Fisheries Department, Negombo fish production for the year 2009 was 20,010MT and 28,250MT in the following year 2010. It’s about 8.4% from the total Sri Lanka’s fish production. Many visitors to the city do not forget to visit the fish market even for once. Yet, for many tourists, it is not a pleasurable experience due to the stinking smell it pervades. On the other hand, a high number of people reach here for seeing, purchasing, and selling the fishes taken from the deep sea by the local fishermen wearing variety of coloured clothes. The shouting becomes unbearable as the day fades. Nevertheless, this is one place that people can see heap of fishes in many varieties at one place which maybe amazing sights for many people local and foreign. Small fishes such as shrimps, prawns, lobsters, crabs etc., are the ones that can be seen as huge heaps. Variety of large fishes is also common sights in the fish market. Fishermen sitting by large heaps of fishes shouting at their best is
irritating for many tourists. Yet, seeing them in coloured sarongs, wearing large hats can be attractive as well. At various places in the market, fishermen who cut giant fishes into small pieces in accordance with the quantities demanded by the purchasers are common sights. It is advisable to take some water when visiting the Negombo fish market since the place gets very hot at noon. The Negombo South Fisheries Cooperative Society holds auctions here every day. Small, medium and big fish traders visit the auctions in large numbers. Fishes caught not only from the Negombo sea but also from other areas such as Wennappuwa, Marawila, Chilaw, Thoduwawa, Kudapaduwa, Kalpitiya are also transported to the Negombo Fish Market Auction. It is amazing to see such a large heap of fishes in many varieties gathered at one place like people see at Negombo Fish Auction. The prolonged war about 30 years and the huge Tsunami hit Sri Lanka at the end of the year 2004 devastated the Sri Lankan fish production to a great extent.
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"We would like to say thank you very much Mr. Cyril for the excellent 7 night tour of Sri Lanka you provided us. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Sri Lanka and the itinerary you arranged. The four hotels (Earls Regency, Amaya Lake, Heritance Kandalama and the Colombo Hilton) were excellent and thoroughly deserved their 5 stars. Your driving skills was excellent. Also very friendly, calm, helpful, and courteous and always prompts. Sri Lanka is a lovely country and the people were very friendly. ..." Suresh and Prashanth
" Our Tour in Sri Lanka Traveling through the beautiful Sri Lanka has been great. Cyril warmly welcomed us at the airport and drove us with his always clean car in every part of the country. He provided daily information about the history and the different sites of Sri Lanka. Also, he taught us a lot about Sri Lankan culture, starting from food, traditions, animals and nature, and suggested authentic and less known places we c..." FILIPPO MASI FROM ITALY
"CyrilWe are now back at home after the lovely time with you in Sri Lanka, andvisiting Hong Kong.Thank you for driving for us while we were in Sri Lanka.In particular, we appreciated - your smooth, calm and efficient driving through varied traffic conditions - your calmness when things did not go quite as expected - your being available at all times of day - I'm remembering our late arrival at the airport, and our late departure - your information about all sorts of ..." Cliff Hooker and Jean from Australia
"Dear Cyril, Yes that's the one that we were calling all the time. Her name is Celia and by now she has a little sister. My dear Cyril, of course we can't forget your companion and we are always telling about you when we are talking about our trip to Sri Lanka. I wish you good luck with your company and I hope that you will have whatever you want. I want to tell also that I was very happy when I learned that you are a grandfather now. Best regards, Chris Greece 26/07/2011" Cristos Pravitas - Greece
"Cyril was our driver and guide for the last nine days. We had the comfortable white Toyota van shown in the pic - it was just as clean and shiny, and not a scratch on it. He is clearly a very skilled driver. He is particularly knowledgeable about the history of the many places we visited. We were pleased we had Cyril as our driver. He had been recommended to us by an acquaintance. Andrew Speirs Melbourne, Australia Travel period 04 Jan - 12 Jan 2018" Mr. Andrew an Mrs. Suzy Speirs from Australia
"We had a great time on last 10 days in on our honeymoon in beautiful Sri Lanka. Thank you very much for the stories, the explanations, driving, tips, care and always with a smile. Big thanks for you Cyril. We had an amazing honeymoon in this beautiful island! and you are the best guide and friend that we could have here!!! We will sure tell our friends and family about the trip and you!!! We will stay in touch and may be one day meet you again. Oded & Carol Israel 10 Oct 2014" Naim & Coral Fisher from Israel
"Thank you so much for your great service and making our honeymoon in Sri Lanka, so special and joyful. Best regards from Yuffa and Elad Abbo – Israel- 10 July 2008 " Yuffa and Elad Abbo - Israel
"Hello, We had 2 weeks exploring Sri Lanka and for most of that time Cyril drove for usto various towns, sites of interest. Cyril wsa a very pleasant chauffeur. Always prompt and greeted us with a smile. He was well informed about the sites we visited and pointed out many interesting historical buildings en-route. We had a great 2 weeks in Sri Lanka and Cyril's plesant and helpful nature contributed to this briliant holiday. Thank Cyril Sara and Steve from Birmingham, England" Sara and Steve
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