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Colonial Legacy
Cargills main store, Colombo
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Yes, the Brits were chased out at independence in 1948, but their legacy lives on
in much more than an often impenetrable bureaucracy addicted to forms. Co-
lombo has wide, tree-shaded streets where you'll see the structures of the empire
at its most magnificent. The National Museum building (
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) is redolent with
