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| Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> Asia >> Bangladesh বাংলাদেশ >> Fatulla | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 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 |
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