Colombo city - sights, Sri Lanka.

'Lipton Circus' - Eye Hospital round-about.

'Osu-sala' - Former 'Great wall Chinese Hotel'

Former 'Turret Road' now 'Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala  Mawathe' - near Buddhist Ladies College.

Town Hall

Colombo is changing very fast. High rise buildings are the norm. Former residential areas are now commercialized. Any expatriate visiting it after a long spell overseas, will find himself/herself lost.

Road from Parliament complex to Welikada junction, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Scenes near Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Buddhist temple complex at Pittugala on the Kaduwela - Malabe road.

Approach road from Malabe to the Parliament.

Transporting timber on the highways of Sri Lanka.

Overloading the truck transporting the timber, seems accepted on the roads. Breaking and steering will definitely be compromised. Very frequently the rear axle breaks. 

'Theru-moody Madam', Point Pedro, Sri Lanka.

'Madam' or 'Ambalam' means a resting house. These were constructed near temples or by the side of highways. The ones by the side of highways gave rest to weary travelers.
There were two 'Madams' in Jaffna which covered the highway and earned the epithet 'Theru-moody' - covering the highhwa in Tamil. One was at Aavarangaal and the other at Point-Pedro. The above picture shows the one at Point-Pedro, Sri Lanka, situated opposite the Sivan Kovil.