We headed out to a park – strange ducks and a guy charming snakes.
Sri Lanka – Tuk-tuk ride through Colombo
Sri Lanka – Colombo – Hindu temple
Colombo was amazing. We walked around, hired tuks-tuks and raced through the streets – at least that’s how it felt!
The Hindu temple was very colourful and highly decorative. There were guys with various animals trying to get us to pose for photos. The animals looked to be well treated but it was still not right.
Sri Lanka – walking through the streets of Colombo.
Sri Lanka – Some magnificent birds.
Nature is wonderful!!
Sri Lanka – The park and trees
We asked our driver to drop us off in the park miles away from the centre and told him we’d make our own way back. After walking around for hours we set about finding a local bus to take us back. The busses were so full people were hanging off them. They didn’t stop, they just slowed down. You grabbed hold and jumped on. I found myself hanging on, out over the road on the outside as the bus careered through the streets. It was quite a hairy ride.
Fabulous trees.
Sri Lanka – Colombo – Scenes from around Colombo
We hired a Tuk Tuk and headed off to explore. The Royal palace:
Temples
Markets
trees
competition
shops and colourful costumes
chickens
A shoe market
Monuments
stadia
Fun and interesting.
Sri Lanka – Colombo – Inside the Buddhist Sambodhi Chaithya Temple
We went up the windy staircase, across the walkway and into the temple. I’m not sure what we were expecting. It was different. Inside the stupa, there were many paintings of the Buddha, temples and scenes. It was massive.
Sri Lanka – The Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque
The mosque was an incredible red and white structure. Unfortunately we were only allowed in part of it.
Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque
Sri Lanka – Colombo – Buddhist Temple Gangaramaya – More photos
OK – you’re probably fed up with these. I’ve put out too many photos. But I think you can see I was quite smitten with the place. It was a treasure trove.
I’ll move on.
Sri Lanka – Colombo – Buddhist Temple Gangaramaya – The ornate decorations
The temple was full of surprises with a section with the most lavish intricate designs.
