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Colombo is the commercial
capital and financial center of Sri Lanka also known as
Ceylon. Colombo offers many interesting places to visit.
Colombo is also a relatively easy city for the tourist
to find his way around.
To the north of Colombo is the Fort
district, the business centre of Sri Lanka. The Fort,
has department stores, book shops, airline offices and
is the site of the Central Bank and the financial
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| Colombo in Sri Lanka also offers ample sights
such as the clock tower, a former lighthouse, the president's
residence (known by incorrigible traditionalists as Queen's
House), and a cluster of colonial buildings which lend the
district an aura of bygone Empire. Immediately south of the
Fort in Colombo is Galle Face Green, a seafront expanse of
occasional green graced by cricket games, kite flyers and
trysting lovers.
Cinnamon Gardens, further south, is Colombo's
most fashionable neighborhood, with elegant mansions,
tree-lined streets and the city's largest park. East of the
fort in Colombo is the pungent Pettah bazaar district. Walk
through and marvel at the riot of goods - fruit, vegetables,
meat, gems, gold, silver, brass and tin junk. |
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Culture buffs should not miss the
National Museum, which has a good collection of
historical works, the Art Gallery, which focuses on
portraiture and temporary exhibits by local artists, and
the city's many mosques, Buddhist and Hindu
temples.
After familiarising yourself with Sri
Lankan culture, check out the island's fauna at the
Dehiwala Zoo. The highlight here is an afternoon
elephant show.
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