Showing posts with label the most congested city in the world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the most congested city in the world. Show all posts

Sunday, November 7, 2010

When Congestion Spells "Dhaka" - Bangladesh Tales


I admit I’ve been a little negligent of my blogging duties. But hey, I’ve been really up to here with work like I have never been. These are the days I wish I had a body double. But I need to fix things at work because, for the most part, the work front deals with lives and a truly complicated mechanics that go beyond physical effort. And in a few days time, I shall have my well deserved sabbatical in a country whose volcanoes are fretting overtime; in an island off an island that’s part of the Banana Pancake Trail. In short, I am consuming my straw of patience. But before that, here is another feature on Dhaka, Bangladesh's historically ravaged capital .



So you think I am just exercising my usage of hyperbole when I declare “Dhaka’s streets are the world’s most congested?” Dhaka is the rickshaw capital of the world for a good reason - and I have heard of reliable stories that point to the rickshaw operators as among Dhaka's richest citizens! Here are images that confirm the very statement. If you’re Bangladesh-bound, don’t say I didn't warn you.

This is the Eye in the Sky!