I have completed a number of life goals, the biggest of which were living in Israel and living/working in Africa.
Since fulfilling those, my life goals have become a bit less grand. They include; completing a puzzle big enough that I can sit in the middle as I work on it, taking an art class, going to a footy game in Adelaide, Australia, etc.
One other goal is to never own a vehicle again. This means that I need to live in places where I can get by with public transportation.
Well, both Kolkata and Dhaka fit the bill! This past weekend I tried to see how many different forms of transportation I could use. If walking is counted amongst them, then I took 5! And that isn't even all of the options available here!
I took a bus, a pretty standard option most places:
I took an Uber (not available in Musoma or Israel, but otherwise fairly ubiquitous):
Do you see the little vehicle in front of the Uber? That is, in Dhaka, called a CNG. In other places they are called a tuktuk or bajaj. I have not taken one of those yet.
Getting into the more local forms of transportation, I also took a rickshaw:
Since fulfilling those, my life goals have become a bit less grand. They include; completing a puzzle big enough that I can sit in the middle as I work on it, taking an art class, going to a footy game in Adelaide, Australia, etc.
One other goal is to never own a vehicle again. This means that I need to live in places where I can get by with public transportation.
Well, both Kolkata and Dhaka fit the bill! This past weekend I tried to see how many different forms of transportation I could use. If walking is counted amongst them, then I took 5! And that isn't even all of the options available here!
I took a bus, a pretty standard option most places:
I took an Uber (not available in Musoma or Israel, but otherwise fairly ubiquitous):
Do you see the little vehicle in front of the Uber? That is, in Dhaka, called a CNG. In other places they are called a tuktuk or bajaj. I have not taken one of those yet.
Getting into the more local forms of transportation, I also took a rickshaw:
And finally, best of all, a water taxi!!!
Not only do I not need a vehicle here, I have so many options for getting from one place to another!!!
Diversity is a spice of life!
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