Rocky start to Dhaka meeting

After arriving at 1am, an hour late, then dealing with accomodation mess up, I left my hotel early in the morning to the meeting. I'm here to participate in the APC Regional Consultation Meeting on ICT Policy in Asia.

Upon entering the main street I walked into what looked like hundreds of rowdy rock weilding protesters. There's a general national strike in effect. Anyone showing signs of working was set upon with stones.

barefoot construction

No photos of the mailaise, but I do have a construction site. Maybe tomorrow I can get close enough to photograph the barefoot workers. As I entered the BRAC Building in which we're holding the Meeting riot police appeared from no specific origin and suddenly there was smoke and a greater sense of calamity.

Interested in the meeting? I'm keeping a blog there.

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Posted on April 20, 2006

Comments

geeze. it looks like it would be cold in that building. what happened to the walls?


Posted by: Craig on April 21, 2006

Actually it looks like there are rocks or something being pitched off the top of that building.


Posted by: babel on April 22, 2006

those rocks may well be grime from the window i'd taken this shot through.


Posted by: ag on April 30, 2006