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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 114, 15 May 1936, Page 15

m IN TRAVEL MEMORY ■ THE MANY PORTS on the email and gentle oxen, which (drawing the Orient Line Route constitute an quaintest hooded waggons) seem to have .... t j plodded their patient way down tne centuries exhilarating sequence of diverse and _ ntn riclshaw jnners (almost as j vivid scenes. tireless as the oxen, but faster, quieter) Colombo provides a matchless introduction •• • ", Mt - th « mod,,n . whot « P'°to foreign travel. There you are awakened by f 8 " 11 on# ' on 9 fanf , a " of ,o ' ei 9 n ' oundm 9 o running fire of shouts from bumboats. clus- ho ' nt ■J * ond ? ve,ywh ?;? G ' e ,Ban ° nd tered below your great steel walls. Urgent. who " subtl ° 9'°" bteom.. a high-pitched voices offer brasses, beads, shiny ascina ion black elephants, silks, ond clothing tailored- The colours belovftd of the native add to to-measure-in-an-hour-or-two . . . And from the natural contrasts. In the Fort ( the bgckthe working borges, also wedged about the ground of all this hustle, bustle and colour, is ship, come endless commands and the inevit- of imposing western buildings; but in the able protests. The strange thing is that in Pettah it is supplied by a welter of native this hubbub anyone is heard or ony work gets wares. Not less intriguing than the goods done at all. themselves are the passing glimpses of In somewhat less disorder lies a harbour- «hadowy shop interiors. full of ships. They seom to run the gomut Almost, there is too much to see. What from modern leviathan to the galleon that endless scope for busy eyesl And yet you •peaks of barbarous days. Through these ought to visit Mount Lavinia, and, perhaps your speedy launch races ashore. By now make an excursion to Kandy or Negombo. you sense exciting medley ... a mixture of But this is the charm of Ceylon——that whereold and new; a real meeting of East and ever you go, whatever you see, you have West; ... of luscious tropic greens and been to the right places and seen (he right •arthy reddish-browns. Firstly, you note the things I ADEN. SUSZ (CAIRO). PORT SAID. NAPLES, VILLEPRANCHE (MONTE CARLO and NICE). TOULON, PALMA. GIBRALTAR, SOUTHAMPTON — and to to LONDON I ol§Stune ROVfiL mfi I L STEAfTIERS UNION STEAM SHIP CO. OF N.Z., LTD., Agent* throughout New Zealand

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