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Her undertegner Sri Lankas tidligere president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga kondolanseprotokollen i den norske ambassaden i Colombo.
Foto: Jon Otto Brødholt, Den norske ambassaden i Colombo.
Colombo bénéficie depuis environ deux millénaires de sa position stratégique sur les voies commerciales maritimes, entre l'Europe et Moyen-Orient d'une part, et l'Asie de l'autre, ainsi que de son port naturel. Elle a été la capitale administrative et politique de l'île pendant la domination britannique, de 1815 à 1948, puis pendant les trente premières années du Sri Lanka indépendant.
Dad wrote on the back. "Two teams from the Dorsetshire doing their stuff at Colombo" What is the impressive building behind?
>>At the western end of the railway in the park is a cellar to maintain the dieselloco (Nov. 2011).<<
A tuk-tuk taking a break from the chaos of Colombo. This was taken about 15m off one of the busiest roads, and is a typical scene that can be found throughout the city.
Colombo to Galle express train. I had been advised to take the train on that leg, due to the fantastic scenery etc. While I was regretting not doing so, it was just as well we went by car, as the car runs parallel to the railway all the way, plus we were able to stop at Balapitiya for the boat ride into the mangroves. (pictures elsewhere in this album): Sri Lanka, June 2011.