Colombo - A City Worth Your Time
Colombo is a big cosmopolitan city that has been changing dramatically over time during the last couple of years. With a booming population of about 6 million people, it is soaring in its own charming way with the newly emerging boom of skyscrapers, new roads, many nice hotels, a gigantic lotus blossom shaped telecommunications tower that will also house a rotating hotel and a mall, as well as a brand new port city. Amidst being a buzzing, vibrant city, Colombo can be known as the most ethnically diverse place in Sri Lanka, being home to all Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims, Burghers and many more ethnicities. Colombo is divided into 13 administrative districts, with Colombo 1 or Fort Area at the center of the city. With colonial buildings and ruins from the time when it was the capital of the British Ceylon (from 1815 until Sri Lanka gained independence from the Brits in 1948) and newly emerging buildings depicting modern Sri Lankan architecture, Colombo exudes mystique aura woven with g