Tag Archive: Old Dhaka


Speeding through the city at 6 am, going through red lights, like they were tissue paper. On a rare occasion the the CNG driver eased into the intersection treating it as a flashing yellow light!  I probably reached my destination in 20 minutes! At 10:00 it was a different story. Leaving Old Dhaka on a bus, we inched along, taking close to an hour to get within rickshaw distance of our apartment. The CNG ride cost me 350 taka ($4.40 U.S.D.) since I didn’t have the correct amount, and he didn’t have the right change! The bus ride cost me 25 taka (.30 USD), and then a 5 minute rickshaw ride for 20 taka (.25 USD). All in all it was a great morning with a nice photowalk with TTLers at the Saderghat Launch Terminal, followed by a nice breakfast of dal, porota, and cha!!

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Artist at Work Painting a New Rickshaw

Artist at Work Painting a New Rickshaw

At the Well

Old Gentleman

Spying

It is great to have friends when one is young, but it is still more so when you are getting old”  Edvard Grieg 15 June 1843-4 September 1907(Norwegian Composer and pianist) This quote was from  the STAR A weekly publication of the Daily Star, an English Newspaper

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September 4 is a day which I will always remember.  It is my mother’s birthday, and she is now 91 years old!  It is also the day we buried my father, 9 years ago!

I play football (soccer) with these guys 6 days a week!  Photo taken by a first edition iPhone!  This photo was taken on the bridge over Crescent Lake on the edge of Chandrima Uddan.

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During the Holy Month of Ramadan most tea stalls and restaurants hang tarps for privacy for those that need to eat and drink. Rickshaw Wallahs work hard and need their energy, and there are people of other religions that do not fast during this time.

Tea Stall on Asad Avenue

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