A cycle rickshaw with passengers waited at a stop light
Bicycle taxis, called cycle rickshaws, are common in Bangladesh. All the locals use them to get around town. It's the same in the capital city of Dhaka, where there is always a cycle rickshaw on every street and a queue of cycle rickshaws on the main streets.
Fares are cheap and you can enter any narrow street. It's very convenient also for travelers, too, but it's a pity that many rickshaw wallahs don't understand English. I wish I could learn to speak Bengali, but it's not going to be easy. There are 7 single vowels, 7 nasal vowels, and 32 consonants. From the Japanese point of view, Bengali has a complicated pronunciation.
| May 2010 BANGLADESH IN THE CITY | |
| CYCLE RICKSHAW DHAKA PASSENGER RICKSHAW WALLAH |
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PHOTO DATA
No
4099
Shooting Date
Sep 2009
Posted On
May 18, 2010
Modified On
July 1, 2024
Place
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Genre
Street Photography
Camera
CANON EOS 1V
Lens
EF85MM F1.2L II USM
