THIS GUARD WAS TOO LATE IN LETTING ME KNOW HE DIDN’T WANT A PHOTO TAKEN. I really would have liked a scene where he was sitting relaxed in front of the ad, but so it goes.
Category: Street scene
FELLOWS ENJOYING TOASTED SANDWICHES ON CORNER NEAR NEWMARKET, KOLKATA, INDIA. I was many times tempted to buy one, but it was too close to the Subway and McDonald’s restaurants!
HERE IS A TYPICAL SITE IN KOLKATA. Hand drawn rickshaw and it’s human puller waiting for a passenger.
YELLOW CABS OF KOLKATA (Calcutta), India. Ever since I saw photos of my grandson sitting on the hood of a Kolkata cab, I wanted to visit the city. I wasn’t disappointed, since the city is still full of these nice looking cabs. Is it nostalgia thinking of the old cars in the U.S. that I was place on for photos? Maybe, though these are still being produced so maybe they haven’t changed over the years.
This is my first photo of our 10 day visit to Kolkata. I had forgotten my card reader, so had to wait until returning to Dhaka to post photos. Coming home God provided protection for my laptop. While navigating the rough street to the ferry ghat my backpack with the computer in it came hurtling down on to the floor of the bus! I had it wrapped in two pieces of clothing for protection. Upon arriving home I saw that the battery had started to come apart from the computer. I shoved the battery back into place, started up the computer and there appeared to be no damage! A blessing to be thankful for indeed!
Hope you don’t mind, as there will be many more Kolkata photos in the days to come.
TWO BIHARI MEN SPLITTING WOOD near the Geneva Camp, College Gate, Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
ALICE WITH SOME OF HALIM’S NIECES AND FRIENDS on the way to buy some ice cream. Alice and I had been invited to Halim’s house to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, yesterday.
BENGALIS BEHIND CURTAIN NOT OBSERVING THE FAST. Typically rickshaw wallahs and other physical labor workers eat so they can continue working. I think today was actually one of the hottest days in August. I decided to use this photo since today is the last day of Ramadan. Today is a busy shopping day in the city. Again this morning saw 30 some cows going down the street at the back side of the Parliament Building at 5:35 am! At the one supermarket there were at least 10 people in each of 5 lines. One fellow told me to go to the line clear at the far side. I got there with my 8 items. Soon I see it was a line for people with 5 items or less! I only had 3 kinds of things, maybe that helps? I didn’t argue since I had a rickshaw waiting. I had told him 5-10 minutes, but with the masses of people doing their pre-Eid shopping the supermarket was packed. The new moon was sighted before dark this evening so Ramadan is over and tomorrow is the Eid-ul-Fitr h0liday. People really celebrate the evening before Eid.
STUDENTS ON THE ISLAND OF MOHESHKHALI returning home from school.
HERE I AM WITH A CATFISH THAT my friend Halim bought for me from some fisherman. Looking forward to a great curry dish soon.
BAILEY, KASEY, LORI, KATRIEL, AND MORIAH being observed by in Keraniganj village in Bangladesh. Foreigners don’t likely visit this village often.
BAILEY AND I ON A RICKSHAW being photographed by a willing bystander.
LADY IN BANGLADESH WAITING to load up another basket with dirt being excavated for a ditch. You can see a photo of her helping another lady lift the load in Day 122.
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