In May 2011, I flew to Kuala Lumpur with Air
Asia.
After a long wait I flew to Colombo for the start of my 15-day
IntrepidTravel tour of Sri Lanka.
Negombo is a beach-side
city about 10 kilometres north of
Colombo airport.
My 15-day IntrepidTravel tour started from here.
Tree-climbers collect nectar from coconut flowers to make "toddy", an alcoholic drink.
They tie off the bud of the flowers so that the nectar drips into pots.
The collectors walk between the
tree-tops on ropes .