These are some photos of the streets around where I am living, which as you can see are busy - very busy. I have also included some shots of some new construction works (Dhaka is in the midst of a huge propert boom, which is driving house and rent prices through the roof - everyone is saying that the bubble will burst soon, but it being going on for 3 years now unabated). The construction methods useed here are primitive to say the least. Just yesterday a Rickshaw pusher was killed by a brick that fell from the 6th floor of a new highrise apartment building and according to the paper, there have been almost 1,000 deaths this year alone on construction sites. There are high rise buildings goin up everywhere, but you won't see a tower crane or concrete pump anywhere, as everything is done manually. Many of the high rise buildings don't even have lifts in them.
I have spent many hours travelling around my local neighbourhood, both on foot and by rickshaw (pedal and auto), and now know the area pretty well. Today I went looking for an apartment (most building owners that have a place to rent or sell, just put signs up on trees, power poles, walls etc. so it's just a case of walking or riding around and writing donwn phone numbers.
There is also a photos of a rickshaw cart with a new fridge and washing machine on it. This was taaken in front of an electrical goods retailer, and this is their form of delivery truck, I'd like to see Harvey Norman do that!
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