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The Four Seasons Resort in Kandy, Sri Lanka

The Four Seasons Resort in Kandy, Sri Lanka

   

Stock surface

One of the rooms overlooking the nature

Private swimming pool

A restaurant in the hotel

Cafe next to the swimming pool

Swimming pool attached to the outside of outer river

Entertainment arena

Natural water

For a walk outside the hotel

The Colombo - Matara Highway (some completed sections & on-going work)

How many of you will believe that these are real pics of a road in Sri Lanka?

The Colombo-Matara Express Highway (also known as the Southern Lanka Express Highway or simply the Southern Expressway) is a highway currently under construction in Sri Lanka. The 126 km (78.2 mile) long highway will link the Sri Lankan Capital Colombo with Matara, a major city in the South of the Island. Construction on the highway began in 2006 and it is expected to be completed in 2010 at the cost of $600 million. When completed it will reduce the time taken to travel from Colombo to Matara to one and a half hours from the current four hours.

As of December 2006, the first phase of construction is underway from Matara to Kurundugahahetekma. The second phase of the construction will be from Kurundugahahetekma to Kottawa. There are also plans to further extend the Highway to Weerawila. This would extend the highway by approximately 100 km (62 miles).

The Asian Development Bank and the Japan International Cooperation Agency are providing financial assistance for the express highway project, which will be completed by the year 2010. Some 1300 families have been moved because of this project. Of these, 550 families have been provided with new land to build their houses. Southern Transport Development Project (ADB funded Section) Preliminary Engineering and Detailed Design has consulted by Resources Development Consultants-RDC Sri Lanka.RDC provided a team of road design engineers, geotechnical engineers, traffic engineers, survey specialists, resettlement specialists, sociologists, environmental experts and other support staff to carry out the preliminary and detailed engineering services.

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Rare Photos Of Ceylon Railways

Highway and Railway near Banderawela, Ceylon.

 
A mountain station Ohiya, Ceylon in 1894.

Riding on the railroad

 

Tunnels on the Railway near Ohiya, Ceylon

 

Sensation Rock, Kadugannawa Railroad Incline 1910 - Kadugannawa, Ceylon

 

 

Railway line at Colpetty, Colombo, Ceylon

 

 

Colombo to Kandy Railway, Ceylon

sensation rock

 

 

View on the Railway Columbo to Kandy, Ceylon

 

 

Undergoing constructions of a Tunnel, Colombo - Kandy Railway Line, c. 1860

 

Undergoing constructions of Colombo - Kandy Railway Line 1860

 

 

 

A Government Railway bridge in Ceylon 1880-1890

 

Kadugannawa Railway Station Colombo - Kandy, Ceylon

 

Construction on Government Railway Line, Ceylon

Undergoing constructions of Colombo - Kandy Railway Line 1860

Colombo Central Railway Station, Ceylon 1860 to 1880

Colombo to Badulla on the main line at Kadugannawa incline

 

 

Railway Bridge Over Bentota River (Gin Ganga), Galle in 1894

 

Lion's Mouth Colombo Kandy Line

 

 

Pothuhera Railway Station, Kurunegala, Ceylon 1890's

Ceylon Railway Engine 66 at Kurunegala in 1909

Railway tracks to Kandy, Ceylon c1890s

 

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