GIRLS FROM SUNSHINE ACADEMY IN DHAKA, Bangladesh among the throngs celebrating Ekushi February
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Category: Street scene
BENGALI MAN DEMONSTRATING WHAT his bubble blower can do! What child wouldn’t want one of these after seeing this demonstration. Near the Boi Mela (Book Fair) there were many vendors trying to sell their wares.
PEPSI GETTING INTO THE ACT with all these ads along the highway between the airport and the city. No question about it, anyone entering the city for the ICC World Cup Cricket 2011 will see these signs. Actually Diet Pepsi is one of my favorite drinks along with borhani (a must at every wedding celebration).
SOMEWHAT OF A ‘WILD GOOSE CHASE!” Last evening my friend called and wondered if me and my camera could come to his place at 8:15 to be ready for departure at 8:30 pm to go with him and two friends of his to the airport. We didn’t get left in the CNG until 9 pm. I thought maybe he was meeting a friend at the airport, but soon realized it was to look at and take photos of the many lights in the city as it celebrates the ICC World Cup Cricket 2011. It reminded me of driving around the countryside during the Christmas and enjoying the lights. We arrived at the airport after at least an hour of travelling (waited for a train at two different locations). Halim had seen an ad for the World Cup on TV that showed the airport with a magnicent light display, but obviously it was only to greet the teams and not there for the duration of the event! He was disappointed. We did stop at several places to take photos.
These are some of the lights that were along Airport Road.
LADY IN KOLANPUR, DHAKA, BANGLADESH getting cup ready for my tea at her roadside tea stand.
DOLLS FOR SALE on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
OINTMENT SELLER FINDS A CUSTOMER on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
EAR WAX REMOVAL TECHNIQUE used in Dhaka, Bangladesh! The sidewalk becomes the workplace.
BENGALI LADY NEAR OLD DHAKA with the modern water “jug!”
MALAYSIA’S TALLEST LIULI CRYSTAL FOUNTAIN in front of a newly opened mall in Kuala Lumpur’s downtown shopping district.
CHINA TOWN IN KUALA LUMPUR was a nice place to shop, and had some awesome food.
KUALA LUMPUR TOWER
The Kuala Lumpur Tower (officially known as Menara Kuala Lumpur; referred later as KL Tower) is a tall tower located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Its construction was finished in 1995. It is used for communication purposes and features an antenna that reaches 421 m (1,381 ft), which currently makes it the second tallest freestanding tower in the world. The roof of the pod is at 335 m (1,099 ft). The rest of the tower below has a stairwell and an elevator to reach the upper area, which also contains a revolving restaurant, providing diners a panoramic view of the city. Races are organised yearly where participants race up the stairs to the top. The tower also acts as the Islamic falak observatory to look for the crescent moon to mark the beginning of Muslim month of Ramadhan, Syawal, and Zulhijjah, to celebrate fasting month of Ramadhan, Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Aidiladha. The tower is the landmark of Kuala Lumpur with nearby Petronas Towers.
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