#184 Traveling by Train 🚆 | 火车旅行

How are you doing fellow Steemians? Today is my birthday! 😃 It's irrelevant to this post though. ;) I'm going for dinner after this and will possibly post about the food another day if I don't get too lazy.

The head image is my entry for the #TravelPhotoContest by @lightcaptured. The theme of this week is Black & White. I shot this photo from a train when traveling through Tea Country in central Sri Lanka. 🚂 It was raining harder and harder. I sticked my head out the window and saw another traveler hanging out in the rain. The view looked pretty cool, so I captured that moment.

When you visit Sri Lanka, taking the trains 🚊 is definitely something you shouldn’t miss. It’s an inexpensive way to get around, and the trains are going through beautiful scenic area, packed with fun cultural experiences as well.

The initial railway system was built by the British in 1864, mainly to transport tea and coffee from the Tea Country to the capital port city Colombo, so that the produce can be shipped internationally. Today there are train tracks between major towns in Sri Lanka.

The coastal train ride from Colombo to Dutch colonial Galle is also popular among tourists and locals alike. In the following photo I took at the Marine Drive of Colombo, you can see the train rails. This running train was probably going to Galle or somewhere in between along the coast.

The black & white photos are also my entries to @daveks' #bwphotocontest themed "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". The photos in color are my entries to the Photo Friday competition by @qurator. Check out all these photo contests and join the fun! :)

嗨~ 今天是我生日，😃 去吃晚饭前来发两张在斯里兰卡拍的照片，参加机车/旅游为主题的黑白摄影活动。以前说过斯里兰卡是我最喜欢的旅行目的地之一，是少数几个去过还想再去的地方。独自在那里晃荡了几周，简直乐不思蜀。留下的粗浅印象：自然风光秀美，历史文化灿烂，食物美味健康，人民和善友好。

如果你去斯里兰卡，记得试试乘火车旅行。火车不仅是当地人常用的便宜交通工具，沿途经过的地方也处处是美景。最初的列车系统是由英国殖民政府在1864年修建的，主要为了把山区产的茶叶和咖啡运往首都科伦坡的港口，再船运出去。如今，斯里兰卡的主要城镇之间也都有火车线路连接。

第一张是在中部的茶叶产区，我坐在晃悠悠的破旧蓝皮火车上🚆，一路迤逦穿行于苍翠的群山，秀美的茶园风光尽收眼底。山区气候多变，时晴🌤时雨🌧，风景也因此变幻。拍这张照片的时候，雨势渐涨，窗外开始朦胧起来，大芭蕉叶被雨水拍打地稀里哗啦~ 我把头伸出去，正好看到另外一节车厢的一名游客拉着扶手，挂在外面，蓝衣蓝包跟火车还挺搭，就咔嚓下了这个瞬间。

第二张照片拍于首都科伦坡市南郊的滨海道上，这奔驰的火车应该是开往南部的某个地方。以前也发过些树影婆娑的，还写了几句煽情的话看上去感觉自己是兰卡旅游局派来安利的软文写手，然鹅此刻的我一心想着去吃饭🍗，只能抄袭一下之前写的：

从首都科伦坡开往南部海滨的荷兰殖民古城加勒的这条沿海火车线路也很受游客欢迎。一边是蔚蓝广阔的印度洋，一边是南亚风情的市井百态，还不时点缀着茂盛葱茏的热带植物，无敌海景配上摇曳多姿的棕榈树，看夕阳缓缓下落，还需要我继续安利吗？;)

Do you like traveling by train? Tell me your train travel experience in the comments below! 😃
你喜欢坐火车旅行吗？欢迎告诉我你坐火车的经历~ =)

^{All content by @itchyfeetdonica
图文 by Donica多
Photos shot with Canon Kiss X3}

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