The day before our arrival in Colombo, a ‘boat building’ competition, taking place around the Lido pool, contestants having built their boats with material on board, (most of it recycled).
An early arrival to this port, 5 a.m. and it’s around these times that I wonder what I’m doing this for 😯 because I love it, that’s why.
A time-lapse, both arrival and departure:-
Our arrival, a tight squeeze in front of the Container ship and they are raising the booms on the cranes, so that we could slip past.
The Electronic chart, our ‘shape’ can be seen bottom left
As soon as one disembarked off the gangway, the market stalls beckon
Karen, Jay, (the Fitness instructor) and I went off for a jaunt around the city. We had been here before of course, Jay had not, so in a car to visit temples and generally see the sights
Hindu temple
Then onto the Gangarama Buddhist temples. One had to remove shoes, prior to entering and, with no shade from the sun, my feet suffered on the hot paving and wood…….
Tuk-Tuk hijack??
And a video, so much better for you to get a flavour of the city……
A stop for lunch, (curry of course) and then back to the ship, for me anyway; the ladies stopped off at the market stalls near the ship.
Couldn’t resist this one..A Chinese cargo ship on the other side of us!
