Posted in Ashulia, river, Surayia Rahman 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….
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Posted in BBC Boats, boat, Kingfisher, Peacock 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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!
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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 [...]
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