Tag Archive: Bangladesh


INGRID MILLER AND I STANDING with the photo of mine that accepted to be a part of the TTL “Bangladesh in Frames III” exhibit at Drik Gallery, in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh from March 25-29.  Ingrid is a friend and physio therapist who met me at the gallery to show me how to properly get up on a rickshaw and down. She was expecting me to arrive on a CNG, so was surprised to see me on a rickshaw before she taught me how. I did confess that I had already gotten up on a rickshaw, went to the vegetable market to buy veggies, and came home and got off the rickshaw.  We tried several methods but she admitted that the way I was doing was probably the best way.  I suspect in physiotherapy schools they don’t teach techniques on how to get up on a rickshaw unless the school would be CRP in Savar, Bangladesh!!  Actually it was my wife’s good idea on how to get into a microbus (van), which she gave me yesterday on our trip to the India border.  Ingrid also helped assist and give me ideas as I negotiated the steps to the different galleries at Drik.  Notice the shirt which I received as a gift because one of my photos was accepted!

Day 81

MANG GUITE’S ARTISTIC DESCRIPTION OF MY ACCIDENT and how I look now with crutches.

Day 79

MYMENSINGH TRAIN STATION sign in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.  I had to put some Bangla script on my site today, since today I’m doing a Bangla dictation assessment.  Passing grade is 70%.  They will read approximately 100 words to me in Bangla and I need to write the words of the story down.  Points are taken off for spelling errors and for listening errors!  I’ll do my best and hopefully that will be good enough.

NIC, KIRSTI, AND SETH posing in front of some art which was painted on a wall in front of a wall in Iqbal Rd, Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Day 77

GUARD MYMENSINGH, BANGLADESH  GUARDING BUILDING SITE materials with advertisement behind him.

71 TTL PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO HAVE PHOTOS IN THE “BANGLADESH IN FRAMES III” photo exhibition at Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh.  This was the photo we had taken last evening at the Budhdhijibi Smriti Shoudho (Intellectual Martyr’s Monument in Dhanmondi). I am the “pale face” near the right edge of the group!  The exhibition will be from March 25-29.

THE TRAIN IS HEADING OUT OF THE Mymensingh, Bangladesh Train Station.

Day 73

TRUCKLOAD OF CABBAGE ON THE WAY TO a vegetable vendor.

GREEN TOMATOES AT THE wholesale market in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.  These are used quite a bit by Bengalis in cooking.  We typically use the ripe red tomatoes for eating raw, making fresh salsa, or pizza sauce.

Day 71

TRAIN ENGINEER’S ASSISTANT peering down on the tracks as they are leaving Mymensingh, Bangladesh station.

MORE BANGLADESHI RICKSHAW ART

Day 69

RICKSHAW ART: This is a continuation of the series of some of the painting seen on vehicles in Bangladesh.