I don’t know how he does it, I really don’t. Fahim can fall asleep in the weirdest positions. Like this. I mean, here you can clearly see him yawning, but he can and does sleep like this, too. This is our most common form of transportation here – a trishaw, also known as a...
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I wonder what they’re called. I’m not trying to be cute or funny – I leave that to Fahim – but I really do wonder what they’re called. We were at MC – Majestic City, a mall in Colombo – and having lunch at the Thai place (Thai enchiladas, which are surprisingly good despite...
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I took this photo when we were waiting for traffic to move in downtown Colombo. This man is carrying a basket of food on his head – bananas, rice & curry packets, and who knows what else. Similar Posts: Project 365 Day 51 – Out and About Favourite Photos of 2003 Buddha Statue. A...
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In Sri Lanka, there’s the government-run bus system and then there are the privately-owned buses. The big red bus is a government bus. The white buses behind it could be either government buses or privately-owned buses. Both the government and the private buses run on the same routes. The private buses tend to go...
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This photo was taken on the road between Colombo and Kurunegala from out of a moving car, which is how I seem to take a lot of out-and-about photos. If we were to stop every single time I saw something I wanted to photograph, a two-and-a-half hour drive would turn into a ten hour...
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It’s true, I’m easily confused. Here’s another confusion for me. Why would soft toys and household linens be sold together? In a department store, which carries everything, it seems, I can understand it. But a shop that specializes in selling only soft toys and household linens? *shakes head* Yeah, I don’t get it. We...
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This is the view from just outside the Arpico department store where we go for grocery shopping. While there are some roads that have two or more lanes for both directions of traffic, those aren’t seen so much outside of the major centres like Colombo. In fact, even the highways I’ve been on looked...
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This might just end up being a regular thing with me. I’ve mentioned before that all sorts of things are sold at the side of the road. Selling rattan furniture is no exception. Of course I have the requisite wandering cow photo. I always have a requisite wandering cow photo. Then there’s the guy...
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Here, we’ve got a shop (printing, Internet, communications services) to the left in the picture. In front of that, there’s a food cart selling short eats, perhaps. In front of that is a produce stall. The produce stall has thambili for sale, along with manioc root and a bunch of other stuff. This is...
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These pictures were all taken on our way to the Battaramulla Arpico, a 15-20 minute trishaw ride. Because, yes, even though I’ve been here for more than six years now, that cows roam free still entertains me, yes, enough for me to still be taking pictures. It’s true. I can’t help myself. Cow. Well,...
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