A photo journal and some ramblings…
Posted in Bangladesh, river on Jul 28th, 2010
Had lost track of a series of aerial photos taken in July 2008 of the Bangladesh delta during a flight from Bangkok to Dhaka. Just found them. The view of the massive rivers and the silt delta was amazing. Difficult form me to capture the visual impact in a photo but here is my best [...]
Posted in Balu River, Peacock, boat, river on Jun 26th, 2010
25th June Bunch of us went out early morning on the Peacock from Tolna, stopped off at Ullukhola Market and hired this contraption of a three-wheeled “motor-van” to go explore the 2 old 17th century Portuguese Churches in Nagori and Motbari. One other old church that I had visited in 2007 I could not locate this [...]
Posted in Balu River, Bangladesh, Sunflower, boat, farewell, river on Jun 20th, 2010
A lovely evening aboard the Sunflower on the Balu River outside of Dhaka city. A few nice friends, great food and drink, super cool breeze and a magical evening – low billowy clouds, then a pale but pretty sunset, and finally the moon lighting the way….
Posted in Ashulia, Surayia Rahman, river on Jun 13th, 2010
A few pictures taken from the window while driving back after photographing Surayia’s artwork at Saint Joesph’s Church in Dharenda village near Savar, passing familiar Ashulia and the brick kilns….
Posted in BBC Boats, Kingfisher, Peacock, boat on Feb 20th, 2010
Impromptu picnic aboard the Peacock, so we got together a few packs of wafers, drinks, hot-dogs and chicken cup-noodles… the ruckus the 3 girls created would have put a dozen boys to shame We decided to go down-river instead of the usual trip up-river, head past Isapura and then get as far as we could get [...]
Posted in Balu River, Sunflower, Wilder Thing, boat, fishermen on Dec 12th, 2009
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Posted in Balu River, Peacock, Photography, Stein Naevdal, boat, river, sunrise on Nov 21st, 2009
A photo trip with good friend Stein Naevdal up the Balu River aboard the Peacock - a traditional Bangladeshi motorized sailboat boat – on 20th November early morning just as the sun was rising. We got to Tolna [coordinates: 23°51'1.00" N 90°28'24.26"E] just before 7 AM in time to see the Peacock pulling up to the small [...]
Posted in Balu River, Birthday, Sunflower, boat, celebration, family, sunset on Nov 14th, 2009
Sunset cruise aboard the “Sunflower” on 13th November 2009. With friends and family. Aisha – Anahita – Anil – Archana – Arnavi – Arti – Babla – Banu – Gurmeet – Ifti – Ishi – Jyoti – Mannat – Nilufer – Shahab – Subodh – Vihan. Two on the prow to entertain!
Posted in Ashulia, Bangladesh, Dhaka, nature on Oct 9th, 2009
Kash Phul – Kans grass – Wild sugarcane -Â Saccharum spontaneum – “flowers” in the Autumn for a short while just after the rains have ended. The flowers [which are really the seeds escased in a tuft] will be gone in just a few days. Just had to go out early morning today to enjoy [...]
Drove out to Ashulia for lunch at Little Italy and spotted this purple house on the Turag. The river has become quite wide from all the heavy rain we have been having. The river dwindles down to a narrow strip before the monsoon rains come. You can see the width of the river behind the [...]
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