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The old government kept the city clean and pretty and we kept forgetting all the dirty work they were up to while we were admiring our shiny new Colombo. Let's hope that with the new government, the city stays clean, and the governance in our country cleaner.
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrives in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 27, 2020. [State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]
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June 1987. A line of Air Lanka Isuzu, Tata and Hino airport buses. Note the Air Lanka Tristar L1011.
An auto rickshaw travels on York Street past the Grand Oriental Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka as the sunset on February 5, 2012.
First shown in Brussels in 1960, the 400 Superamerica featured a four-liter version of Gioachino Colombo's 'short block' V12 engine. It was the enlarged version of the three-liter V12 unit, the most powerful Ferrari road car engine of its day, that scored so many successes in Sports Car and GT races. This is one of six short wheelbase cabriolets built by Pininfarina. Fitted with a factory hard-top, a low grille and a large hood scoop. This car (chassis 3309 SA) was first shown at the 1962 New York Auto Show and was sold by Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti to J. Stallings of Phoenix, who ran it at the 1962 Bonneville Speed Trials, achieving a speed of over 145 mph. It later sold to an owner in France in the 1970s.
This 400 Superamerica was the last of only six SWB 400 Superamerica cabriolet bodied by Pininfarina. It was Ferrari's car show vehicle at the Geneva Salon and the New York Auto Show of 1962, and as such, was given many featured due to its remarkable show car origins, including covered headlights and extra brightwork. The 400 Superamerica models combine powerful engines and limited production coachwork from inspired designers. With their elegant lines and notably more aggressive stance, the SWB cabriolets are considered the most desirable of all the 400 SAs.
We flew into Colombo, Sri Lanka from Madras (now called Chennai) on February 6, 1994. We didn't know what to expect in Sri Lanka as neither of us knew much about this island country. Sunil had never been there and all I knew about it was what I had studied in my geography classes at school and what I had heard on the news concerning the civil war that was going on at the time between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers in the north.
We were pleasantly surprised. Colombo is a beautiful city with a magnificent waterfront, and the people are extremely friendly and welcoming. This is the view from my room at the Inter-Continental Hotel where we were staying.