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For solo travellers in Sri Lanka

Your friend in
Sri Lanka.

You've just landed. I know what the ride into town should cost, where to eat tonight, and who to ring if anything goes wrong.

You've just landed. I know what the ride should cost, where the night is good, and when to get you home.

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Colombo
is free.

Plans, fair prices, menu reading and answers, for as long as you're in the city. SOS is free everywhere, always.

Everything in the city is free. So is my opinion on where to start the night.

Your pass · 2 of 6When are you landing?

The real Patta Home screen: the day's chapter, the next stop, and buttons for Scan, Fair price, Translate and SOS

Never pay the tourist price.

Colombo Fort to Mount Lavinia · 10.7 km · keep scrolling to bargain

The driver says

Rs3,500

සාධාරණ මිල

நியாயமான விலை

Rs 980

Show the driver. You kept Rs 2,520.

DriverThree thousand five hundred. Special price for you, boss.

PattaThe meter says Rs 980 for 10.7 km. Want me to show him?

Example ride. Rs 110 for the first km and Rs 90 for each km after: the official meter rate Patta uses.

The driver asks for Rs 3,500. The fair fare by the official meter is Rs 980. Patta shows the driver the fair price in Sinhala and Tamil, and you keep Rs 2,520.

Day 3 of 9 · Chapter 2: Into the clouds

Kandy

Next: day 4 · Ella

Your stopsStop 7 of 25
Live demo with a sample trip. Tap a day, or keep scrolling.

Plans that fit
the island.

Routes follow real roads and the monsoon. When the day changes, I re-plan it around what you've booked.

Your pass · 3 of 6How long is your trip?

Read the menu
like a local.

Point your camera at a menu. I show each dish against what locals pay, in your own currency, even on worn or hand-written menus.

Your pass · 4 of 6What are you going for? Pick any.

Reading prices

Example
Chicken kottuMenu Rs 1,800
locals pay Rs 9002×
Egg hoppers (2)Menu Rs 900
locals pay Rs 3003×
Rice and curryMenu Rs 650
locals pay Rs 650Fair

You'd overpay about Rs 1,500. Try the place next door, or ask for the local menu.

Everything a local friend would tell you.

The real Translate screen: hold to talk in English and Patta speaks Sinhala, with an offline Sinhala voice and phrasebookThe real Ask Patta chat answering how much a tuk to Pettah should costThe real Wallet screen: spent so far by category, safe to spend today, trip-end forecast and Saved with PattaThe real Fair price screen: tuk fare by distance from the official meter, and food pricesThe real Safety screen: SOS button, emergency numbers, share my trip and arrival check-inThe real Explore screen: places in Colombo with a seasonal tip

After dark,
I've still got
your back.

Party Night picks the venues, sets a home time and gives you a slower morning. And SOS is always one hold away.

Your pass · 5 of 6Who's coming?

The real Party Night screen: where to tonight, venues closest to you and upcoming events

Try it. Hold for 3 seconds.

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