I've become a huge fan of the local drive share company, PickMe. Again, today we took three separate drivers for a morning trip. We left the house pretty early and headed to Colombo to pick up my camera. The repair is obvious because zooming the lens out to 2000 mm is completely silent. I guess there'll be no more scaring what I'm about to shoot.
We took our second driver when we took a small trip to the Galle Face Green. The feeling has already changed a lot because of the enormous reclaimed land next to the port. A new mega-city will be built there. An unfortunate effect is that Colombo's waterfront used to seem as though it fronted the ocean. Now, there is a lot of land off to the right and it is changing the feeling of the Galle Face Green.
We walked across the road to an enormous shopping mall which has been open for less than a week. It was very posh and a bit out of place. The stores were all designer brands and not our type of shopping at all. A person who has to feel good by wearing a designer label is shallow and probably compensating for some emotional defect. However, it is nice to see Colombo will be able to offer high-end shoppers a venue. I can't imagine returning unless it is to see a movie in the cinema complex, or perhaps escape the heat when downtown.
We had a really interesting and humourous driver on our trip back home. We hit the beginning of the after-school rush and lunch traffic. It took a long time. Our original plans were to eat at a well-known bakery/restaurant called Devon as there's one in Nugegoda. As the traffic was slow, we just stopped to pick up take-away rice and curry boxes there. Even their boxed lunches were delicious.
It was an interesting day.