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Essential. #colombo #srilanka

One of the magical things about Colombo is the giant tropical trees that arch over the roadways. Long may they last as the cranes and lorries of a transforming city advance. #srilanka #colombo (at colombo)

City textures #colombo, #srilanka (at colombo)

Behold the lotus tower. Still rising to the sky. All clouds below 350m altitude look out. #srilanka #colombo (at colombo)

Driving for hours through palm plantations. Such a beautiful country. #srilanka #impossiblygreen

Impressive women who started their own village bank. And seemed to share a lot of laughs doing it. #srilanka (at kilinochichi)

Jaffna fort - established by the Portuguese, expanded by the Dutch, conquered by the British, handed over to Sri Lanka, bombed in the conflict, and now being restored by the Dutch. Corridors with a lot of history etched in their walls. #jaffna #srilanka (at Jaffna)

Jaffna library newspaper collection. #srilanka (at Jaffna)

A cooling breeze in a hot town, #srilanka (at Jaffna)

#srilanka (at not colombo)

Yes, this is a city. ✨. #colombo #srilanka (at colombo)

at colombo

🐘🐘🐘🐘 (at colombo)

.... the things you see... (at colombo)

Build a house around a tree (at colombo)

On every bare patch of earth a cricket match (at colombo)

Loving colombo architecture! (at colombo)