View allAll Photos Tagged Colombo
Colombo is the capital of
Sri Lanka and it looks amazing in the night with illuminated skyscrapers.
this was captured infront of Beire Lake in a cloudy night.
Dear Flickr friends, today you may take a look at Cristoforo Colombo’s house. According to some historical documents, Cristoforo Colombo lived in this house when he was young.
In the façade there is a marble tablet with an inscription in Latin: « Nulla Domus Titulo Degnior Paternis In Aedibus Christophorus Columbus Pueritiam Primamque Juventam Transegit »
(in English: “No house is more worthy of consideration of this in which Christopher Columbus spent the first youth”).
Now Colombo’s house is a museum.
Please View Large On Black for better details, thanks!
Colombo Lighthouse was built in 1952 on the Marine Drive at the western periphery of Colombo Fort. It does not function as a lighthouse anymore because Chinese-funded Port City Project has reclaimed the sea in front of the lighthouse. It is an insult to the historical landmark.
Mount Lavinia is a southern suburb of Colombo. It is actually a small cape that indents the mostly straight coastline of Sri Lanka's west coast.
Mount Lavinia Hotel is a heritage hotel converted from a British governor's residence. It is built on the cape overlooking the Indian Ocean. The hotel's rooftop poolside combined with an outdoor dining area commands a nice view of Colombo's coastline up to its Fort area. It is great to be here at sunset.
# In July 2025 I visited Hungary and Budapest for the first time. We stayed at the Mystery Hotel on the Pest side of the Danube. A wonderful hotel though the location was a little bit quiet.
#A statue tribute to the actor Peter Falk who played Colombo honours his Hungarian roots through his maternal Grandfather
#If your crossing over to Buda then the funicular railway is probably your best bet or a bus. On a hot day its a steep climb
#We had 10 days in Budapest and still didn't a lot of the popular things in Budapest such as visiting the underground caves or the thermal baths.
#One of my highlights was visiting the Robert Capa Museum During a remarkable short life he covered 5 wars and was at the time the worlds pre-eminent war photographer
Captured in Colombo - Sri Lanka
| Facebook | Twitter | My Space | 500px | website | Director's Cut | Tumblr | gettyimages |
Please don't use this picture on websites, blogs or other media without my permission.
█║▌│█│║│█║mimmopellicola 2O|4
A walking tour with a companion and a camera is a great way to get to know the streets of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and to absorb the local colour and history.
For the story, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/colour-contrast-and-l...
I was lucky enough to have a friend living and working in the Colombo when I visited Sri Lanka some years ago, and as she too is a photography-enthusiast, she guided us to the best districts to walk around. We spent the weekend chatting as we alternated photo-walks with coffee-stops around the city.
There is debate as to how this 5 ha (12 acre) ocean-side urban park came by its name of Galle Face. The space was originally set aside so that the Dutch cannons could watch over the sea and was laid out as a promenade by the British in 1859. The building in the background is our destination for sunset drinks: the Galle Face Hotel – established in 1864.
For the story, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/a-sunday-afternoon-in...