The ferry dock at Fatulla |
...not quite sure what to make of the white guys...lost? or something... |
But hey, everyone is friendly in Bangladesh |
One of the Bangladeshi sand freighters unloading its cargo next to the Fatulla ferry pier |
...looks interesting...let's check it out... |
Men carry heavy baskets of sand off the ship |
...and go up a hill where they dump the sand in a pile and received a chit from the overseeing... |
...then go back to the ship for more... |
...while other men with shovels take dirt from the pile... |
...and fill waiting trucks. |
They're almost done with this ship... |
...where where men in the hold are filling the baskets... |
...for the porters to carry across the narrow gangplank onto shore. |
In Bangladesh, manual labor is cheaper than a crane... |
...but at least they get a drink. |
Thanks to the guy who is showing me around... |
The boys are lucky they don't have to work yet |
They can enjoy playing in the river |
Enjoy it while it lasts... |
Boys on the riverbank |
For more excitement, just beyond the sand pile is a crowded cattle market |
Not grade 'A' but 'B+' doesn't sound too bad for the Fatulla cattle market |
A big bull getting lead through the market |
No sacred cows here... |
Brahma bull at the cattle market in Fatulla outside Dhaka |
Fatulla Cattle Market, Bangladesh |
That one doesn't look like it would grade B+ |
Old Bangladeshi man with a colorful head cloth |
Man at the Fatulla Cattle market with his Brahma bull |
Boy in a nice shirt at the cattle market, Fatulla |
Cow waiting by a truck for it to all be over |
Hey...look...a white guy! |
You sure you're not lost? |
It might get a grade A with that pretty pink rope...if you'd only get rid of the snot! |
Let's see what the other side of the road holds for us |
...if we don't get hit by a truck first... |
...but at least it's got a nice paint job... |
Boy in a red shirt along the road to Dhaka in Fatulla |
...another one of those British salutes... |
We did manage to cross the street safely |
...and found a bird market with boys selling pigeons |
Tailor waiting for a customer on the market square of Fatulla |
Did I mention how friendly everyone is in Bangladesh? |
...especially in these places that don't ever see a tourist |
Market stall selling the colorful sarongs the men often wear in Bangladesh |
Big selection of men's sarongs, Fatulla Market, Bangladesh |
They're great, but not my style really... |
School boy in Fatulla, Bangladesh |
School boys in Fatulla, Bangladesh |
T-shirt shop, Fatulla market square |
They really don't see tourists around here often... |
Blacksmith with his forge set up in a hut, Fatulla Market |
Bangladeshi blacksmith at work, Fatulla |
A pair of blacksmiths working a piece of red hot iron, Fatulla |
Happy to see you! |
Wandering the Fatulla market with the school boys tagging along |
Bangladeshi restaurant at the Fatulla Market |
Bangladeshi restaurant at the Fatulla Market |
The handiwork of Fatulla's market dentist |
Tell me why I would worry? |
Sacks of spices, Fatulla Market |
Hot chillies, Fatulla Market |
Mr. Potato-man, Fatulla Market |
Green grocer, Fatulla Market |
Not many women out and about in Fatulla |
George Washington meets Mr. Peanut in Bangladesh |
Boy on a bike, Fatulla |
Bangladesh School Bus/Rickshaw, Fatulla |
...must be 10 caged in there...looks like something out of a Grimm fairytail |
School bus rickshaw, Bangladesh |
Young Bangladeshi woman in a pretty dress, Fatulla |
San Francisco 49-ers fan, Fatulla |
We've been spotted!!! |
Too funny! |
Wandering the back streets of Fatulla, Bangladesh |
Young boy in a typical cap, Fatulla, Bangladesh |
Another Fatulla boy with a cap |
It was a very pleasant visit...but time to go back to Dhaka |
Boy in Fatulla |
We found a baby taxi (tuk tuk) willing to take us the 10 km back to Dhaka by the Narayanganj Road |
Bangladeshi truck painted with the Muslim profession of faith |
Painted Bangladeshi Bedford trucks parked on the side of the road to Dhaka |
Side windows of a truck cab painted over...brilliant idea |
The Dhaka-Nyaryanganj Road parallels the Buriganga River and goes through the ugly industrial area we saw from the ferry |
Female laborers at a gravel crusher along the road to Dhaka |
Reflextions of smokestacks in a lake southeast of Dhaka |
Mosque on the southeast edge of Dhaka |
Dhaka-Shyampur |
I'm guessing those are bales of cotton for the textile mills |
Bangladeshi women breaking old bricks into tiny bits |
What horrible work to be doing by hand out in the heat of midday, probably for pennies a day |
Dome of a small mosque looking surprisingly like a Buddhist stupa |
Factory in southeast Dhaka (don't call it a sweatshop...) |
Pink building in southeast Dhaka |
A small broken down diesel locomotive on the side of the road with no tracks in sight |
Billboard on the side of the road entering Dhaka |