RICKSHAW WALLAH OILING HIS WHEEL on Asad Ave, Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Category: Street scene
BENGALI GENTLEMAN GETTING CAUGHT UP on the daily news. This method saves 10 tk (15 cents) per day. He would save $3558.75 in 65 years plus interest! This was one of the sights I saw during my 5k walk yesterday. It’s not any cooler today, and it feels like the dog days of summer, as we say it in Iowa. It also feels like this year is racing on, noticing this is the 100th day of this year.
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS in Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh leaving a hot day in the sun. The baskets are used to carry bricks, sand, cement, etc.
GUARD MYMENSINGH, BANGLADESH GUARDING BUILDING SITE materials with advertisement behind him.
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SIGN PAINTER IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH. In English it is “Girl’s College.”
GIRLS FROM SUNSHINE ACADEMY IN DHAKA, Bangladesh among the throngs celebrating Ekushi February
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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.
