Dhaka – Improvised Raincoat, originally uploaded by Mikey Leung.

Monsoonal rains don’t keep the city’s hardworking rickshaw wallahs from their work. In fact you have to respect their creativity in getting the job done!

As I wrote in a previous post, the trusty Hobu got a friend and I back to Lalmatia yet again, but this time as the streets were absolutely flooded with monsoonal rain. Again, my hat is off to the hardworking men of this country who keep its passengers moving with little more than their own two legs.

In other news, a good friend of mine has achieved some serious successes in publicizing the plight of rickshaw wallahs in Bangladesh. Tom Wipperman is another VSO volunteer who despite some challenges at his organization, put together a participatory photo exhibition featuring the rickshaw wallahs of Dhaka. Unfortunately the exhibition photography isn’t online yet, but the photographs were displayed for three days at the Russian Cultural Institute last week.

Please do take a moment to browse Tom’s blog about the exhibition launch, and learn more about the incredible stories these men have to share.