This morning was a panorama Colombo tour. In this heat and humidity tours where I can stay on the bus for the majority of time is the only way for me to tour. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing this city. What a beautiful place it must have been under colonial rule. The buildings from the Dutch, Portuguese and British periods are gorgeous. It's sad to see many of them in desperate need of repairs but still lovely in many ways. And there does appear to be an effort to refurbish some of them. Lots of parks with crickets games all over the place. I will never understand that game. And even tennis in this heat.
There is also a large market - street after street. And doing a thriving business today since the next 2 days they will close due to a cultural celebration of the New Year for the island's Sinhala and Tamil people . Many people shopping for clothing. I think I understood this celebration is one where children get new clothes. I do have photos but of course can not post them. Maybe some day soon. There are also shops set up at the gangway so I did my bit for the local economy with marionette purchases. This seems to be my new found passion - marionettes of the Asian nations!! Someone has to do it.