Colombo, Sri Lanka Photo Gallery
Our ship was so close to these cranes, that they leaned out over our ship.
Sambodhi Pagoda Temple. This was right beside the gate to the port terminal.
Doug and Margaret with Richie, a very nice Sri Lankan guy who we met us we walked from the port.
Our first tuk-tuk driver. He was very nice and spoke good English.
A round-about on a main road.
Old Parliament Building.
USA Embassy.
Galle Face Beach.
In Sri Lanka all public signs are required by law to be in Sinhala, Tamil, and English.
They are known for their teas, so we visited a tea shop and did end up buying some Sri Lankan tea.
The Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque. It looks like a North-Pole building to me.
Another view of Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque.
In a local shopping area. It was very busy and chaotic in this area.
We were in the sewing shopping area here. Similar shops are together on the same street.
Boxes and boxes of dried fish and seafood.
Streets in the Pettah Market area.
The Lotus Tower.
Guys would pull carts with big loads like this right down the road mixed with all the vehicles. I've never seen something like this before.
Kayman's Gate and bell tower was an entrance to the former Colombo Fort located in the Pettah.
Another cart full of boxes in the middle of the road and this guy is bare-footed.
Street near Pettah Market.
What a load!!
In a tuk-tuk on the crazy crowded streets. They Don't use lanes in this city. The tuk-tuk in front of us says, "Better Don't Come My Way."
This used to be a huge department store, but the building is mostly empty now and Cargills is now a supermarket chain.
The police here dressed in brown.
A pub where we stopped for some lunch.
Barringtonia Asiatica-the Fish Poison Tree.
The women do dress differently from us, but it is beautiful.
Twin Towers of the Sri Lankan World Trade Centre.
School children came to give our ship a "Goodbye."