The Floating Hotel

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"Shahidul Alam" Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:58:57 +0600Subject:

[shahidulNews] The Floating Hotel

http://www.newint.org/issue370/exposure.htm

This photograph shows the narrow passageway of a ‘floating hotel’ at the

Shadarghat dockyard, Dhaka. A man locks the door of his room as he prepares to

spend his vacation in his home district.

Discarded ships, floating on the Buriganga river, have been transformed into

hotels with facilities left over from the Victorian era. The tenants or guests

come from districts far away from the capital city of Dhaka. Most of them make

a living as street vendors and hawkers.

This hotel can accommodate up to 50 people. Single rooms come complete with bed

bugs. Luxury rooms are a bit more costly but are free of worries about getting

bitten in your sleep. If you need to be more economical, a bunk in a dormitory

is cheapest of all.

On the deck is the only toilet and a drum filled with plenty of water to freshen

up with and drink. The hotel also provides a restaurant (no room service, of

course). Amazingly, one can eat and sleep for just one dollar a day.

Bablu ChowdhuryA student of Pathshala, The South Asian Institute of

Photography,he now works as a photographer with The Daily Independent,

Bangladesh

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