April 30 - Colombo, Sri Lanka

We're in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and this time I had an excursion, so I got off the ship and saw some sights. It was a panoramic bus ride, which is basically a bus trip for two hours around the town, of which you never get off the bus.

May favorite site was the Lotus Tower

This town has Muslims, Catholics, Protestants, Buddhist, Jews and Hindus. All who live in harmony, even after the Easter Sunday 2019 bombing, of St Anthony's Shrine and other parts of the country. Sri Lanka’s minority Christian community, which accounts for less than 10% of the country’s total population of 21.4 million, appeared to be the main target of the coordinated attacks.  

Here are pictures of the religious buildings

St. Anthony's Shrine

Down Town

This place has some major traffic. Sue and I were going to attempt another try at getting our nails done, after the excursion. However we both got off the bus and said 'No Way, were we going back into town'

I wonder how they get their cars out with all the bike parking

There was this unique building. The architect was intrigued by the buildings of Washington DC and designed this one building with all the notable aspects.

What's left of the moat built around the original Colombo Fort

Pieter Keuneman, member of the Sri Lanka Parliament (1917 - 1997)

Senanayake, the first Prime Minister

Residences

Cricket Club 

Oldest House in all of Colombo

Cool Structures

New, Ultra Modern Theater

J. W. Marriott that went broke during COVID 

Fun things seen around town

Light house

Brick-brack to break tsunami waves

An iguana crossing the road

I wonder where OSHA is

Old Parliament Building

Clock Tower

Ceylon lives on