Dhaka, Bangladesh

I spent May and June in south Asia. It wasn't the best time to be there since it was the beginning of the monsoon season. It didn't rain too much, but it was definitely hot and humid! I was in Dhaka for about three weeks. The people are great, but with 16 million people, it seems like a very difficult city to live in.

Some of the rickshaws that clog the streets of Dhaka. Estimates of the number of rickshaws range from 400,00 to 3 million.

The view through a rickshaw. Rickshaw painting is an art form in Bangladesh, as each rickshaw is brightly painted with its own designs.

A proud rickshaw driver.




Rickshaws and non-mechanized carts are used to haul just about everything in the city, from the oil drums here to the load shown below. As all these carts can only go as fast as someone can pull them, traffic moves very slowly trough the city.