What you are experiencing in the photo is the everyday look of Dhaka - the city where I live!
Thousands of overhead wires, millions of people on the streets, street food carts and small vendors here and there, random car & motorbike parking, and the rush! This is what it looks like living in a densely populated city. But this is what makes the city life, this is what provides food to many...
Just to let you know the average traffic time of Dhaka is around 1 hour. But in reality, it's more than that. People usually spend on an average 2 hours on the street every day to reach their office and come back home. So going for some small work means we would spend almost 3 hours on the street though the distance is very short.
I had some work outside, decided to take the intercity bus. During pick/office hours the streets get too much traffic. So I choose to go outside after 11.00 am. But I couldn't skip the traffic.
Inside of the bus.
Don't expect anything fancy in intercity buses. Though there is some exception in VIP routes mostly the buses look like this.
Fortunately, there was empty sit on the bus otherwise during office hour many have to stand until they reach their destination. People are mostly used to this life/accept their fate but yes, it's frustrating.
And the random things you will get to see here and there!
Here, you will get to see a lot of rickshaws (man pulled vehicles) but they are not allowed on most of the main roads. So if you have some work there and don't use a private vehicle then you have to walk like miles.
It took me a while to find the address I'm looking for in all of this chaos. And my work was done in just 15 minutes. Then I took another ride for almost 50 hours to come back home.
What a life!
My respect for all of those that are facing this traffic every single day.
