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Nice views! There is so much potential here. Our island can be a fantastic tourist destination also. Glad to see Ceylon's garden city perhaps making a comeback!
See the picture above with the pool view - that's a great view of Colombo. It can be a green garden city with glass skyscrapers and local charm and heritage buildings.Very unlikely that would happen. The three wheelers do not follow any road rules. Just drive the way they want in order to get to their destination. If we hit them, the damage is more for us.
Indeed. If we just had visionary honest competent people in all spheres, rapid development would be achieved. I don't know about any of the people from the last 15 years being visionary - seems to me like the LRT would have been built by now if they were. A visionary won't tolerate bureaucracy and slow implementation, dodgy deals etc. Nor import outdated Indian trains etc. The pictures above of the skyline and greenery look beautiful. But the train in it should be a futuristic electric train, not the old lorry style carriage.We really need rapid development. The LRT has to be completed within 3 yrs. Other lines have to be completed earlier as well or while the first line is in progress. The Minister in charge is a visionary but extremely slow in implementing. He needs alot of support. Major strain is funding.
Hope we could get him to read these comments.
I must say the view of the skyline is shaping up. With the Port City I think this will really take shape. I hope they expand the Port City to make it 20 times bigger frankly. You are beginning to see some greening of Colombo and modern day skyscrapers. I only wish that this would happen quicker. With some people with some "go" in them, we could transform at a rate probably five to ten times faster than this. We've been ambling along for the last 15 years.
I would say ObiWanKenobi is making a lot of sense and it is always refreshing to see different perspectives. There is no point in having just a photo thread without any comments/views from the people.ObiWanKenobi, Please don't bring your long posts to this thread, this is a photo thread. Also, there is no rule that every thread to be filled or every post to be commented on. Just for your information.
Whilst I agree that it's nice to have discussion, this thread is meant only for photos.I would say ObiWanKenobi is making a lot of sense and it is always refreshing to see different perspectives. There is no point in having just a photo thread without any comments/views from the people.
Perfect photo.If that lady not there.
Beautiful photo
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