Barton (DD 722) - Naval Cruise Book

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There must be an easier way to get around. CULUMBO, CCEYLUN Ceylon was a beautiful island, fascinatingly strange but wet with monsoon rains. When the rains abated, trade was brisk. Pedlars in bumboats con- ducted a vigorous campaign to sell their carved elephants and jewel boxes, while nearly every native businessman ashore had a star sapphire to sell on the side. We moored in Colombo Harbor among liners and freighters like cars in a parking lot. Sheltered only by a breakwater, the harbor is small and has few docks. Hence, the use of mooring buoys to arrange ships compactly. The city of Colombo offered little to amuse or attract us except for a cathedral built by the Portuguese traders in the 14th century. To this day it is one of the most prominent landmarks to seaward. The best sightseeing was reached by bus tours to beautiful Mount Lavinia Beach and the mountain resort of Kandy. The Kandy tour took us to the last capital of the Singhalese kings whose throne fell to the British in 1832. Their 600-year-old palace and the World-famous Buddhist Temple of the Sacred Tooth were the main features of the tour. l ' IJ k la rmin . Entrance to Queens House, Colombo. earning t e art of sna e c a g

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KAN , QEYLQN 1, Bullock cart and driver. of Sigiriya Rock. General view of Kamly.