Just checked the Wiki; Dhaka's density of population is >115,000 / square mile.
Tom looks to have captured an un-busy street scene :-)
jh
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On 02/07/19 03:06 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Thanks, guys! I've never seen worse traffic than Bangladesh and the rural
> roads are almost non-existent! More photos coming soon.
>
> Here is a Dhaka street scene that Tom took with my M240:
> http://www.pbase.com/image/168788227
>
> I appreciate your taking a look.
>
> Tina
>
> On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 11:04 AM Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Well done getting home safely, Tina.
> >
> > That’s a different viewpoint of a bus, but I can imagine that most will
> > have damage to the exterior. I used to live in Calcutta and Delhi and it
> > was a similar situation there.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > > On 7 Feb 2019, at 13:44, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm home! I've downloaded all of the photos and am now starting to edit
> > > them. Here's the first. Did I mention the traffic in Bangladesh?? We
> > > always thought the worst traffic in the world was in Tehran, Iran, but
> > > there is a new contender. I have never seen worst traffic than in
> > > Bangladesh! Nobody pays any attention to the street lights, the lane
> > > markers, or the police standing in the street waving their sticks. The
> > > only traffic control is the horn which everybody blows constantly. Every
> > > bus looks like this one:
> > >
> > > http://www.pbase.com/image/168785589 <
> > http://www.pbase.com/image/168785589>
> > >
> > > The buses are independently owned and make money by getting people to
> > their
> > > destination as fast as possible and loading up another bus full of people
> > > to deliver.
> > >
> > > This is with the M240 and 24/2.8 out of the window. I took lots of
> > photos
> > > out of the car windows since we were stuck in traffic for hours and hours
> > > and hours every time we tried to go anywhere!
> > >
> > > I'll be adding more photos to this site as I edit them and posting some
> > on
> > > FB. Comments are greatly appreciated, always.
> >
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