Spent a few days in Colombo, Sri
Lanka. After years of civil war, an uncertain peace is encouraging a lot of
foreign investment. The city is being transformed with the refurbishment of the
colonial buildings and new-build apartments. East Asian investment into the
deep-water port is making it an important transshipment point for super
carriers to smaller cargo ships.
Visited religious sites and found a great example of tropical modernism in the house of architect Geoffrey Bawa who fused colonial and traditional Sri Lankan architecture.
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| Colombo docks (Photo: ©John Rennie Short) |
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| Staircase in house of Geoffrey Bawa (Photo: ©John Rennie Short) |
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| Buddhist temple (Photo: ©John Rennie Short) |
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| New investment in the city (Photo: ©John Rennie Short) |
