■ SRI LANKA, GALLE: ... or you'll end with anything but socks at a reasonable price 🤣 Jokes aside he was a funny man and provided some much needed entertainment (although a lot of it unintentional) in what has to be the dullest market I've ever gone shopping in. I've asked at least a dozen people about a real bargain hunting market in Galle and every single person have directed me to this one right behind the bus station.

Yet as I wandered around there was hardly anything interesting to buy. I couldn't even find my staple purchase: socks!

That was until a man selling bananas and carrying a Daru bottle decided to grab my hand and take me for a walk...