(Photo taken fr. the roof of my friend's flat)
4 days in Dhaka...
Crazy..... in the sense that .......
1. Traffic jams everywhere
I was lucky that I only stuck in the taxi without air-con. for only 30mins without moving on the day of my arrival......
My friend told me that it could be up to 1-2 hours without moving for a phrase of road that needs only 15 mins for walk........................
I guess it's because I scare away most of the cars ?! @@
2. How they wire the cables.............
OMG!!!!!! No wonder my friend told me that the areas in Dhaka take turns to have electricity cut out.........
3. How the electricity was cut suddenly....................
The lower part in the photo, they are all buildings packed together..........
They were black in the photo because the electricity of the area was cut out..........
the electricity cut out lasts for around 1 hr.
My friend told me it happens everyday, in random time.
They were prepared for it,
with lights run on batteries....... @@
For offices, they have back-up electricity powers............
4. How the Bangladeshi drive their cars............
This (the dark green one with a real BROKEN HEART ... XDD ) is one kind of public transportation called CNG, as they run on Complete Natural Gas.....
It will run in S shape, S shape!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on the road..... in high speed.
Once I saw it trying to compete with a double-deck bus for speed.........................XD
5. How the people "mount" on the cars........
6. How people carry heavy things in bulk.......
7. How colorful Dhaka is...
(bottom row,leftest: Rickshaw, most common public transport on Bangla streets, pull by human )
Even the KFC is soooo colorfullllllll .........
8. How intelligent 2 Bangladeshi children could be.....
The two children in the picture, son of my colleague, one 7 and one 5 years old,
when I reached their home, they are reading an encyclopedia, ENCYCLOPEDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!
and obviously they are familiar with it, because whenever we talked about something,
they can remember what's in the encyclopedia and flip to the page......................!!!!!!!!!!!
In addition, they talked to me in PERFECT ENGLISH..@@
9. How spicy the food is.....
& the millions of bones their national fish, Hilsha, could have.......T.T
The Hilsha is in the leftest rectangular container!!!!!!!!I had a hard time struggling with the bones......... using my right hand.......
because Bangladeshis use their right hand, only the right hand, to eat..........
My hand is now so skillful in separating the meat fr. the bones, picking out the bones of a fish,
and putting a handful of rice in my mouth.................XD
10. How delicious the Alu Chop in Bangladesh is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I only had this photo because I was too excited when I saw the Alu Chop, and I quickly started eating......... until there is only 1 left,my friend reminded me that I didn't take photo of my favorite Alu Chop.........T.T
( Btw, Alu Chop is a dish that people smashed the potato and make them in a coin-like shape,
with curry and minced meat)
11. How cheap things are....
One of my idol, hard cover, English, at around HKD 50 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!12. And.. how hospitable Bangladeshi are....... I stayed in Bangladesh for 4 days, but 1 day is for arrival in the late afternoon, and another day is for leaving in mid afternoon, so roughly I stay in Dhaka for only 2 or 3 days, but I was invited to 4 homes for meals already. In which, every family welcomed me with a feast....... though sometimes the food maybe a bit too oily or heavy to me, esp. when beef is their common ingredient........................ But............ I miss the warm atmosphere......... and I hope... I will go back to Bangladesh one day. =)
P.S. Where is the Jump Break Button ?!?!?!??! T.T
