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This is the first section of road that was completed near my street. It looks great, and I love the sidewalks; there are huge drainage ditches underneath. However, the cost of having smooth streets here is huge - not in terms of money, but in the back-breaking manual labor I see go into them every day.

Day to Day Dhaka

December 15th 2012
This is mostly a photo blog, since Dhaka still has me tongue-tied. I’ve lived here now for four months and I know my way around a very limited area of the city. It’s a massive city, but much harder to get around than anywhere I’ve ever lived, including Istanbul. I really miss the public transportation in Istanbul. That city was difficult to get around because it was so geographically huge, a ... read more

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Bangladesh came into existence in 1971 when Bengali East Pakistan seceded from its union with West Pakistan. About a third of this extremely poor country floods annually during the monsoon rainy season, hampering economic development.... ... read more

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