And this is how our stay in Sri Lanka ends.
Breakfast with a charming family in their "homestay" ends our tour of Sri Lanka.
If it weren't for the rain…
We’re spending the last day in the car (5 hours’ drive from our last location at Yale to Colombo) and visiting the largest city in this country.
"Colombo, (English: Colombo) - the capital of Sri Lanka until April 29, 1982. Currently, it is still the largest city of this country - 753,000. inhabitants (2012), the business capital, as well as the seat of diplomatic missions and many state offices.
Known in the Middle Ages as Kalantota. From 1948 to 1982 the capital of the country. Colombo is the most important economic center of the country. Well-developed chemical, textile and food industries, as well as clothing and footwear industries.
Sri Lanka - officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - a country in South Asia, on the island of Ceylon (known under this name until 1972) along with smaller coastal islands. Separated from the Indian Peninsula by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar. It is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal from the east and the open Indian Ocean from the south. The country's largest cities are: Colombo, Dehiwala, Moratuwa, Jaffna, Kandy, Galle, Kalmunai.
The official capital of the country is Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte (also known as Kotte), to which Parliament was moved to decentralize Colombo. However, most of the central institutions are still located in Colombo, from where they will be relocated in the future. Due to the fact that Kotte is actually one of the suburbs of Colombo, it is not usually treated as a separate agglomeration.”
A few hours of sightseeing during the day and after dark produced several dozen photos, which I am posting here to give you a general idea of the city, which is not stunningly beautiful, but is full of life and beautifully decorated for Christmas. And only 10% are Christians.
Business is business!
This Sri Lanka's flaG:
