There are many, many small businesses in the villages around
Rajshahi, including small shops and tuktuks.
The tuktuks here look more modern and are much less well armoured than
those in Dhaka, and look much less damaged.
Grocery shop
Rajshahi tuktuk
Energy comes in different forms: from dung dried around
sticks, which is used as a fuel for fires (for cooking: not sure how
this adds to the taste!) to mains electricity connected to very basic houses.
Fuel sticks
New electricity meter
When we’ve walked around villages people have been, I
suspect, curious about us. When I'm with
my Indian, Bangladeshi and Australian colleagues I’ve met mostly men, who
mostly haven’t said much, but have smiled.
When P and I went for a walk in the village next to BARI
research station one lunchtime we saw more women, many of whom were interested
in us. After saying salaam alaikum the next question was obviously, “what are you doing here?” (or, possibly, “why are you out walking in the heat?”) – sadly we had no way to talk further: it would have
been lovely to have a chat with them.
Paddy with small soccer ‘field’ (concrete) in background
School from the minivan
Water hyacinth paddy next to the main road in the village
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