Colombo, Sri Lanka: A new country, one we never thought we'd reach. It is Asian, semi-poor but everybody seems to have things to attend to.
In other words, there aren't the crowds hanging out on street corners you see in Dakar, for instance. Crowds of idle, unemployed young men are almost always a threat.
There are remnants of the Dutch and British colonial eras, some quite pretty. However, I don't see what Sir Arthur C. Clark must have seen that caused him to choose to live here for most of his life.
The most common form of Transportation is the tuk-tuk. A three-wheel vehicle made from a motorcycle that functions as a two passenger-plus-driver taxi, particularly if the pax are small Asians. Go to cruztalkingtwo.blogspot.com to see pix. These were once common in Bangkok, not so much now. N
We were looking at the other DrC's pix, taken in Colombo (see cruztalkingtwo.blogspot.com) and noticed that women were scarce on the streets. Certainly not nonexistent, but definitely scarce. Instead of common. Perhaps one person in thirty a woman.
I don't think many cruise ships come to Colombo, it appeared local media was aboard taking a tour. Colombo doesn't have a cruise terminal. It isn't clear Sri Lanka has enough features tourists want to see for it to become a major destination.
Tomorrow we are at sea and then India, which is probably poorer than Sri Lanka. Poor countries are a drag.
