Well, Singapore Airlines looked after us very well but we were pretty zombie like by the time we got to the Galle Face hotel about 2.00 a.m. It is real colonial style built in 1864 on the waterfront and what used to be a racetrack but is now a promenade. Breakfast this morning on the terrace was pretty stylish everything from Apricot Danish to curries and an army of waiters.
Our driver came this morning and brought a friend to navigate for him. The traffic is incredible worse than Cairo. So we saw a Hindu temple and a Buddhist one and the exteriors of churches and mosques. The street of goldsmiths had lots of well set up shops but not so many customers. I like the street signs of cardboard cutouts are children saying such things as "Daddy drive safely" and "Please don't talk on the phone while driving"
For lunch we asked what the locals ate and the answer was "short eats" so we got bread rolls stuffed with very nice curry.
Just a few photos
Chinese bears at Tullamarine
Beautiful orchids in Changi Airport, Singapore
Tuk tuks in a shopping strip
This elderly man outside a Buddhist temple shared his bottle of water with a stray dog.
Schoolgirls on the street at lunchtime.
The Colombo Municipal Offices.
Outside a goldsmith's shop
Shop windows. There are also smart malls with all the upmarket brand names
I liked the name of the bridal shop.
Elaborately carved carriage for a god used in street processions.
Interior of an Hindu temple. There were two cows tied near the entrance.
Some of the paintings in the temple.
Long past my bed time so this is all for today.
Lovely to hear from you Kate, and that you have arrived. We were thinking of you today at CBD.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you have made a good start to this trip, I used to teach a Lalitha from Sri Lanka.
Good to see you have arrived safely. Sounds like getting there was a very long day!
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