Digging Dhaka
a slightly shocked chap... So Dhaka is quite big, you know. Its about the size of London. It has roughly the same number of inhabitants too. It would be force to be reckoned with if it weren’t for the horrible fact that 82% of people are living on less than 2 US dollars a day. (That's in Bangladesh, not just Dhaka.) (Another appalling statistic: the female adult literacy rate is 30%.) It’s a hard place. Yesterday we saw a man whose leg was bigger than the entire rest of his body all together. He was using it as a mattress. rickshaws are an uncomfortable way to travel, but they look good. sugar cane sellers, but look behind them... ... I'd say the sight of us freaked her a bit. Having said all that, it’s a very vibrant, soul-full place. Everyone waves and smiles. Happy-faced kids stop us in the street to chat. People should hate us for our advantages, but no one does. People should rip us off and take full advantage of us, but no one does...