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<blockquote data-quote="VAT69" data-source="post: 18185320" data-attributes="member: 529570"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: Indigo"><strong><span style="color: Red">සුභ අළුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා </span>කියල ප්රාර්ථනා කරන ගමන් තොරතුරු ටිකක් හොයාගෙන යන අතරතුර</strong></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: Indigo"><strong>යටත්විජිත සමයේ ලංකාවේ වටිනා දුර්ලභ පිංතූර ටිකක් හම්බුනා..</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hxQS2EK0ye-JdPIiJwlAgMtvS4zR7rW4TH52IHGsoSw=w293-h190-p-no" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>River Transport, Ceylon, Early 1900’s</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>This photo of old Sri Lanka demonstrates the Ceylonese use of coconut palms on the roofs of their water vessels.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Boats were often constructed out of large trees.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>These would be hollowed out in the center.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>The vessel would be kept from capsizing thanks to bent pieces of wood at each end and a long spare extending into the water.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/iv3xZweaE_IMCKIj1qVBmKX62vNlNWmqp_zwylDf5Mk=w296-h190-p-no" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Rickshaw Operators at Victoria Park, Colombo.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Victoria Park in the middle of Colombo and was named in honour of Queen Victoria. </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>The fares for a rickshaw operators were calculated by time instead of distance.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>In 1907, to hire first class rickshaw in Colombo would cost roughly 1 cent a minute, </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>with a discount to 50 cents for 60 minutes.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Rickshaws drawn by 2 operators were more expensive, as was hiring a rickshaw in the evenings.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/brl82pjUMFFylhX72ZmA0ha30IDkPQtRMP1vp_bjmWI=w298-h190-p-no" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Tea in Transit to Wharf.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tdDNNkzdlm1RyGsa__-fag7nICLSpEIw9jRLKP8-d_c=w293-h190-p-no" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Race Bull and Cart, Early 1900′s </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FjTOA_fnABHWOseUnjA3gCmLhByXLBAe1QeD4D84vYk=w303-h195-p-no" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Catamaran, Native Fishing Boat. displayed in this popular image was planted by the British in 1905.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/l0xQMGZJI72XYPQ47Q9kYOLpa625DaiRN_QxeFzTkHg=w290-h195-p-no" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Hamilton Canal in Negombo and Padda Boats, Early 1900’s</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=fc1449ab50&view=fimg&th=1326707894832b18&attid=0.18&disp=emb&realattid=57064f57a00f9abf_0.1.8&attbid=ANGjdJ-Igp8nLlTBNS9oAe5aB9QCDj9nAF7U_onMbJKB6s_3_2M9FH9UQmc2oMDQM50d3yaZRVZ6lCyWhKpRVoQfZsgQ4XeD-RmO1RQPQEZFAfjjeq-yMX3j0X9H7YQ&sz=w1152-h840&ats=1428962950608&rm=1326707894832b18&zw&atsh=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Boat Bridge over Kalani River at Grand Pass 1880's</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tpfBwfGbSbyKjCmegQSOJsCilQclA4PiysuKvC77mDg=w320-h195-p-no" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Colombo - Kandy Mail Coach, c.1860 </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TfMx8S6ehkUPZN567don1boVtR55nZ4D6-bVsYinW40=w232-h185-p-no" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Steam Engine at Matara Railway Station – 1895</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wTZwqYCa7otuDeujTpUwl8y3TvsP_4XspzPC8ApBU9I=w236-h185-p-no" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Colombo Kandy Train - Crossing Bridge.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/A0UGLl2MW8obkfL2aGPIIEye2RYYaPPTnKOM-wPXXws=w232-h185-p-no" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Ballast Train, Colombo - Badulla Railway.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jrDw9GwmuUtYWOsTo64SKQGGPib5Ntzz6vPe4KJK2H8=w233-h185-p-no" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Colombo to Kandy Railway Line</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RUTb4wqUomzOrCehTKV_G7sBhiHn05xTe8FwQSRIH3Q=w245-h185-p-no" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Typical Road Scene on Galle Road, Ceylon 1880</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/o6KWi0XNR4gKvHSASAd-sB3y02y1QX87tRs_aggiycQ=w269-h207-p-no" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>A Mountain Road to Haputale, Ceylon in 1894</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: Indigo">දැකපු නැති අයටත් බලන්න “<span style="color: Red">ටොයින්</span>“ දාලා යන්න...</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px">අමුණන්න ගිය මහන්සිය ගැන හිතල <span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>අරවයින්</strong></span> සැලකුවාට කමක් නෑ ඕං...</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" 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[QUOTE="VAT69, post: 18185320, member: 529570"] [SIZE="6"][COLOR="Indigo"][B][COLOR="Red"]සුභ අළුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා [/COLOR]කියල ප්රාර්ථනා කරන ගමන්[B][/B] තොරතුරු ටිකක් හොයාගෙන යන අතරතුර යටත්විජිත සමයේ ලංකාවේ වටිනා දුර්ලභ පිංතූර ටිකක් හම්බුනා..[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE="5"][B][IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hxQS2EK0ye-JdPIiJwlAgMtvS4zR7rW4TH52IHGsoSw=w293-h190-p-no[/IMG] River Transport, Ceylon, Early 1900’s This photo of old Sri Lanka demonstrates the Ceylonese use of coconut palms on the roofs of their water vessels. Boats were often constructed out of large trees. These would be hollowed out in the center. The vessel would be kept from capsizing thanks to bent pieces of wood at each end and a long spare extending into the water. [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/iv3xZweaE_IMCKIj1qVBmKX62vNlNWmqp_zwylDf5Mk=w296-h190-p-no[/IMG] Rickshaw Operators at Victoria Park, Colombo. Victoria Park in the middle of Colombo and was named in honour of Queen Victoria. The fares for a rickshaw operators were calculated by time instead of distance. In 1907, to hire first class rickshaw in Colombo would cost roughly 1 cent a minute, with a discount to 50 cents for 60 minutes. Rickshaws drawn by 2 operators were more expensive, as was hiring a rickshaw in the evenings. [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/brl82pjUMFFylhX72ZmA0ha30IDkPQtRMP1vp_bjmWI=w298-h190-p-no[/IMG] Tea in Transit to Wharf. [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tdDNNkzdlm1RyGsa__-fag7nICLSpEIw9jRLKP8-d_c=w293-h190-p-no[/IMG] Race Bull and Cart, Early 1900′s [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FjTOA_fnABHWOseUnjA3gCmLhByXLBAe1QeD4D84vYk=w303-h195-p-no[/IMG] Catamaran, Native Fishing Boat. displayed in this popular image was planted by the British in 1905. [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/l0xQMGZJI72XYPQ47Q9kYOLpa625DaiRN_QxeFzTkHg=w290-h195-p-no[/IMG] Hamilton Canal in Negombo and Padda Boats, Early 1900’s [IMG]https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=fc1449ab50&view=fimg&th=1326707894832b18&attid=0.18&disp=emb&realattid=57064f57a00f9abf_0.1.8&attbid=ANGjdJ-Igp8nLlTBNS9oAe5aB9QCDj9nAF7U_onMbJKB6s_3_2M9FH9UQmc2oMDQM50d3yaZRVZ6lCyWhKpRVoQfZsgQ4XeD-RmO1RQPQEZFAfjjeq-yMX3j0X9H7YQ&sz=w1152-h840&ats=1428962950608&rm=1326707894832b18&zw&atsh=1[/IMG] Boat Bridge over Kalani River at Grand Pass 1880's [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tpfBwfGbSbyKjCmegQSOJsCilQclA4PiysuKvC77mDg=w320-h195-p-no[/IMG] Colombo - Kandy Mail Coach, c.1860 [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TfMx8S6ehkUPZN567don1boVtR55nZ4D6-bVsYinW40=w232-h185-p-no[/IMG] Steam Engine at Matara Railway Station – 1895 [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wTZwqYCa7otuDeujTpUwl8y3TvsP_4XspzPC8ApBU9I=w236-h185-p-no[/IMG] Colombo Kandy Train - Crossing Bridge. [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/A0UGLl2MW8obkfL2aGPIIEye2RYYaPPTnKOM-wPXXws=w232-h185-p-no[/IMG] Ballast Train, Colombo - Badulla Railway. [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jrDw9GwmuUtYWOsTo64SKQGGPib5Ntzz6vPe4KJK2H8=w233-h185-p-no[/IMG] Colombo to Kandy Railway Line [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RUTb4wqUomzOrCehTKV_G7sBhiHn05xTe8FwQSRIH3Q=w245-h185-p-no[/IMG] Typical Road Scene on Galle Road, Ceylon 1880 [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/o6KWi0XNR4gKvHSASAd-sB3y02y1QX87tRs_aggiycQ=w269-h207-p-no[/IMG] A Mountain Road to Haputale, Ceylon in 1894 [/B][/SIZE] [SIZE="6"][COLOR="Indigo"]දැකපු නැති අයටත් බලන්න “[COLOR="Red"]ටොයින්[/COLOR]“ දාලා යන්න...[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE="7"]අමුණන්න ගිය මහන්සිය ගැන හිතල [COLOR="DarkRed"][B]අරවයින්[/B][/COLOR] සැලකුවාට කමක් නෑ ඕං...[/SIZE] :yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes: [/QUOTE]
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