🇱🇰Shopping in Colombo

#Let's go abroad

On the last day of our trip to Sri Lanka, we enjoyed shopping in Colombo

Here is an introduction to a cute and affordable general store and a Sri Lankan cosmetics shop famous for Ayurveda

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◼︎1.2.3.4 "Paradise Road"
A store selling tableware, art, stylish household goods, etc.
Often seen on the internet and in reviews
Cafe on the second floor

📍213 Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha,
Colombo 00700 Sri Lanka

◼︎5.6.7 "Spa Ceylon Boutique - Dutch Hospital』
Spa Ceylon is located in the Dutch Hospital, a shopping center that was renovated from a building that was a hospital during the Dutch colonial period in the 17th century.
This is an Ayurvedic cosmetics shop.
📍Old Dutch Hospital Complex, Courtyard 2Hospital St, Colombo 00100 Sri Lanka

◼︎8 『Arpico Supercentre』
This is a souvenir I bought at a supermarket that is also used by locals.
(I forgot to take a photo of the store)

📍2, 69 Hyde Park Corner, Colombo 00200 Sri Lanka

📍About 500m, about 7 minutes walk from Paradise Road

9.10 『Store name unknown』

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🔸About currency exchange🔸

You cannot exchange money into Sri Lankan rupees in Japan

※You cannot exchange Sri Lankan rupees into Japanese yen

After arriving at the airport, you can exchange Japanese yen or US dollars into Sri Lankan rupees at the currency exchange (bank) in the airport

You can exchange Sri Lankan rupees back into Japanese yen at the airport in Sri Lanka (if the currency exchange has Japanese yen)

※You may need a receipt from the time of exchange

※You may not be able to exchange money on the day

Please check with the currency exchange yourself

◼︎It is convenient to bring some US dollars

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