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Cinnamon Gardens (Colombo 07) is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka located 3 kilometres south-east from Colombo city centre. Cinnamon Gardens is named from the former Cinnamon plantation in this area. In the year 1789, there were 289 acres (1.17 km2) of Cinnamon trees in Cinnamon Gardens. Nowadays Cinnamon Gardens is the location of the Prime Minister`s Office, Colombo Town Hall and National Museum as well as numerous foreign diplomatic missions. It is also the location of the Colombo Department of Meteorology and its Observatory.

Narahenpita is a municpal ward of Colombo city, Sri Lanka.

Located at the South-Eastern corner and served by the Kelani Valley Railway Line, many government institutions including the National Blood Bank, the Survey Department are situated in the area.

The Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, in the emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, was built in the early 1980s and very quickly became a regular home for tournaments as the popularity of one-day cricket exploded following India`s World Cup win in 1983. Between 1984 and 2003 the ground hosted 198 ODIs and four Tests (in 2002 when Pakistan played games there due to political instability at home) , attracting good crowds, mainly from the area`s large Asian expat population. It also hosted Masters (veterans) events and other second-string tournaments. All were played under the auspices of The Cricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS)` which had been established in 1981 by Abdul Rahman Bukhatir, and whose main aim was to honour cricketers of the past and present generations from India and Pakistan, with benefit purses in recognition of their services to the game of cricket. The stadium initially started with a few limited seats and very modest facilities but by 2002 had a 27,000 capacity and floodlights.

More photos taken during my recent visit.

Wellawatte, a small town in Colombo, lies immediately south of Bambalapitiya and is classified as zone 6 within the Colombo Municipal region. The town begins at the old Dutch canal just before the Savoy Cinema and and extends all the way south to the same canal that spills into the sea just before the Hospital Road junction where Dehiwela begins. It is bounded on the west by the magnificent waters of the Indian Ocean and extends to Pamankade where Havelock Road, forks and winds one of its ways to meet the Sri Saranankara Road bridge that stretches over the waters of the Dutch canal extending towards Kohuwela-Hospital Road junction on Dutugemunu Street.

Colombo has wildly varying architecture that span centuries and depict various styles. Many colonial buildings influenced by the Portuguese, Dutch and British exist alongside structures built in Buddhist, Hindu , Islamic, Indian and Contemporary architectural styles. No other place is this more evident in the heart of the city the Fort area. Here one may find new towering skyscrapers as well as historic buildings dating far back as the 1700s.

The Portuguese were the first colonist to settle in Colombo, establishing a small trading post they had laid the foundations for a small fort which in time became the largest colonial fort in the island. The Dutch expanded the fort thus creating a well old fortified harbour. This came in to the possession of the British in the late 1700s and by the late 19th century the seeing no threat to the Colombo harbor, began demolishing the ramparts to make way for the development of the city. Although now there is nothing left of the fortifications the area which was once the fort is still refereed to as Fort and the area out side the fort Pettah or pita-koutuwa in Sinhalese which means outer fort.

Maradana is usually bustling with activities. Among its main features are: Maradana Railway Station, Theatres (Elphinstone, New Olympia, Central, Crown, Tower Hall etc), the Police Station, renowned Mariyakade market, renowned Institutes (Ananda, Zahira, Ananda Balika, Clifton, Vidyalankara Pirivena, Technical college etc).

Following is a descrption of the famed Maradana Technical College:

The first Institution for formal Technical education in Sri Lanka was established in the latter part of the year 1893. This Institution was known as the Government Technical School and was housed in a renovated coffee store situated at close proximity to the Ceylon Government Railway Terminal building at Maradana in Central Colombo. The Institution consisted, of a small workshop, laboratory, lecture room and a class room and the student enrolment of the first batch was only 25.

Photo`s taken during my recent visit to Sri Lanka.

Gal Oya Scheme (1952, Don Stephan Senanayake, the first prime minister of independent Ceylon, the father of Modern Sri Lanka)

Gal Oya Scheme is one of the largest 4 modern irrigation projects of Sri Lanka. This scheme involved the restoration of a number of ancient medium scale reservoirs & construction of the Senanayake Samudra (7680 ha), the largest reservoir in the history of Sri Lanka. Senanayake Samudra is one of the main project of the Scheme. As the Ceylonese (majority Sinhalese + minorities, i.e. Tamils, Moors, Burghers & other citizens of Ceylon, as then called) minister of agriculture in the pre-war cabinet under the British rule, D. S. Senanayake had devoted himself to restoring the derelict irrigation schemes of ancient Anuradhapura & Polonnaruwa. Then again, as the first prime minister of independent Ceylon, the father of modern Sri Lanka, Right Honourable D. S. Senanayke looked up to the genius of King Parakramabahu the great (1164-1196 AD) who constructed or restored 165 dams, 3910 canals, 163 major reservoirs and 2376 minor tanks.

WALLET

A wallet, or billfold, is a small, flat case used to carry personal items such as cash, credit cards and identification documents, such as a driver`s license. Wallets are generally made of leather or fabrics, and they are usually pocket-sized.

History

The word `wallet` has been in use since the first century A.D. to refer to a bag or a knapsack for carrying articles. The word may derive from Proto-Germanic. The ancient Greek word kibisis, used to describe the sack carried by the god Hermes and the sack in which the mythical hero Perseus carried the decapitated head of the monster Medusa, has been typically translated as `wallet`. Usage of the term `wallet` in its modern meaning of `billfold` in American English dates to 1834.

Good deed turns tragic

In a tragic turn of events a person was attacked and killed by a wild elephant that he was trying to rescue along with its calf from a agro well in Endagala, Moragollawa, Kekirawa.

May the gentleman rest in peace.

This shocking sequence of shots were captured by Karunaratne Dissanayake

P.S.
Don`t worry there are no disturbing pictures.

Throw away your PCs and Notebooks!

Amazing technology from Japan

You`ve just looked into the future... yep that`s right!

You`ve just seen something that will replace your PC in the near future.

In the revolution of miniature computers, scientists have made great developments with bluetooth technology

This is the forthcoming computers you can carry in your pockets.

Please think before you react.

Eyes can deceive.

If what you see may not be true, then how about what you hear?

I hope MrBrown will not kick me out for posting these images.

Many LNP members love to view chicks in various images and sizes and of course without any dress.

First I was wary of posting this. Aprat from getting kicked out I will be subjected to scathing attacks by various members.

However, I decided to post the images of these naked chicks regardless of the consequences.

Enjoy it folks :))