Dhaka

This is the dichotomy of Bangladesh, we just went to a wonderful world class restaurant across the street, with our Rotarian host, the food, co mojja (very good) far more than I could eat, though my thin Rotarian host, Shibili, had no problem. Across the street they are building a tall office tower. Much of the construction techniques are primitive, as you see here, with these women carrying the sand for the concrete into the building where it is mixed.

An educated guess is that these women are paid less than a dollar a day, which is why it is far cheaper to use man/women power than machinery (horse power). And, though back breaking, they are happy for the employment.