20 July 2006

Scenes from the Bangladesh cities

Various scenes from the Bangladesh cities outside of Dhaka. Actually I just realized, outside of the mosque photo, you really can't tell that any of these photos were taken in a Bangladesh city. Maybe that's all part of the uniqueness of Bangladesh. Life in the big city isn't too different than the countryside, and people are just as friendly.

From Chittagong, the second largest city.
Old broken rickshaws that were abandoned. Even if they weren't locked up with rusty chains, no one would have gotten very far biking on them.
What happens to old rickshaws

Carting some friends

These guys were so engrossed in their boardgame, they didn't even notice me standing right behind them snapping away.
Board games

Mosque at sunset

Squeezing in with the buddies

Bangladesh has it's share of "holy" men as well. This is from one of the most sacred Islam sites in Bangladesh, which name escapes me at the moment. Right outside Sylhet, the 3rd largest city.
Holy man?

Sitting backwards
Posted by T-Lo at 9:54 PM

1 comment:

Deen said...

I think you are confused about Islam's Holiest sites. The three major holy sites in Islam are in Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. What you saw outside of Sylhet was an ancient site (most likely the Dargah Mosque, which is one of the largest mosques in bangladesh and also houses the tomb of Shah Jalal who introduced Islam to the Bengal region). Hope that helps

August 04, 2006 8:29 PM

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