Hello again from a sneezing and coughing country!
Yes, winter in Bangladesh is a season of no rain. Remember that the rain comes mainly in the monsoon season in June - August. So, the result of no rain is a lot of dust everywhere! Add to the normal dust that covers the leaves of the trees and everything else is the dust that comes from the destruction of lovely single family houses.
Gulshan, the area of Dhaka where our office is, is the upwardly mobile rich peoples place to live. At one time it was a lovely area with lots of trees and nice lawns behind the walls hidden from the street. Now days, those lovely single family homes are being destroyed to make room for 6 story buildings with lots of apartments to accommodate the many more people who are becoming rich and want to live in the rich part of the city.
The picture here is the house next door to our office which is another big house with lots of trees and a lovely lawn and garden. The house next door was lived in until January 2011 and now it is going to the developers. The landowner usually gets several apartments in exchange for the land and the rest is sold or rented by the developer. Lots of money is being made!! Lots of dust is being made!!
You can see that the work is being done by hand as is most of the work in Bangladesh. In the foreground, you can see the dust on the leaves of the trees. In the right background, you can see the skeleton of another 6 story building rising up from the dust of another lovely home. I might add, that these homes were built in the early 1970's with the end of the Pakistan times and the beginning of Bangladesh times. Most of these home were built by retired Army officers who had additional family money in addition to their military pay.
The next 2 photos are of our office and lawn.
So from me who is taking 2 allergy pills, 2 inhalers, 1 nose spray and a gallon of ginger tea a day just to keep on a level keel with the dust, I say adieu!
TTFN
j
Yes, winter in Bangladesh is a season of no rain. Remember that the rain comes mainly in the monsoon season in June - August. So, the result of no rain is a lot of dust everywhere! Add to the normal dust that covers the leaves of the trees and everything else is the dust that comes from the destruction of lovely single family houses.
Gulshan, the area of Dhaka where our office is, is the upwardly mobile rich peoples place to live. At one time it was a lovely area with lots of trees and nice lawns behind the walls hidden from the street. Now days, those lovely single family homes are being destroyed to make room for 6 story buildings with lots of apartments to accommodate the many more people who are becoming rich and want to live in the rich part of the city.
The picture here is the house next door to our office which is another big house with lots of trees and a lovely lawn and garden. The house next door was lived in until January 2011 and now it is going to the developers. The landowner usually gets several apartments in exchange for the land and the rest is sold or rented by the developer. Lots of money is being made!! Lots of dust is being made!!
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| Dust & Destruction in Dhaka |
The next 2 photos are of our office and lawn.
So from me who is taking 2 allergy pills, 2 inhalers, 1 nose spray and a gallon of ginger tea a day just to keep on a level keel with the dust, I say adieu!
TTFN
j
