Wednesday, we were in Colombo, Sri Lanka (previously called Ceylon). Our excursion was called "Holy Colombo". We visited 4 temples/churches/mosques, one for each of the 4 main religions practiced here. First we visited the Gangarama Buddhist Temple. Next was the Captains Table Temple which is an ancient Hindu temple. It has a recorded history of more that 400 years. After that we visited the Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque (also called the Red Mosque). The Islamic community comprises 7% of the population of Sri Lanka. . Our last stop was at oldest Protestant church still functioning in Sri Lanka. The building of it started in 1749. It is the Wolvendaal Church of the Dutch Reformed Church.
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| First lights of Colombo |
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| The harbor in the early morning |
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| this is a busy container ship port |
sunrise over the container port cranes
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| The ship docked next to us |
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| a view of the city from our ship |
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| an ancient lighthouse |
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| a city street |
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| a new tower called "Colombo Lotus Tower" It has not opened yet. |
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| At the Buddhist Temple |
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| Inside the temple |
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| a monk giving an offering |
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| monks at work |
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| more Tuk-Tuk taxis |
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| the Hindu temple |
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| offerings |
a Buddha statue
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| a Buddha |
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| a monk |
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| We had to take our shoes off at the first 3 sites visited |
 \people could get their picture taken beside the elephant |
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| at the Islamic Temple |
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| One of the prayer halls in the mosque |
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| inside the mosque |
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| the front of the mosque |
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| an ancient clock tower |
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| walking along one of the busy narrow streets |
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| a street scene |
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| busy streets |
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| The Dutch Reformed Church |
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| a Tuk-Tuk taxi up close |
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| the old city hall |
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| Back to the ship |
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| One of the towers we could see from the ship |
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| The Chinese are helping build a new port on reclaimed land |
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| the Lotus Tower |
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| the Red Mosque |
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| the container ship port cranes |
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