Banana Markets, Off the highway villages, and goats on top of buses
The Road to Khulna was filled with different types of people from banana farmers to people waiting on the road for their rides, and even over-packed carts full of people waiting to be dropped off to their villages.
This seems to be banana season as most of the bananas are being picked then sent off to various places around the country. The side of the road proved to be the hot spot where people were bringing the fruits (no pun intended) of their labor ready to sell. Everyone seemed pretty happy and willing to give us free bananas every chance they got as you can see below:
Taking a stop to a village that was literally off the highway proved to be a major highlight of the day. We walked up and down the village road accumulating people wherever we went. We had a chance to talk to a local boy named Imran who took us around the village as they had the most amazing and welcoming people and were definitely not shy…..
As we stopped to get some samosas for lunch, we ran across a passenger bus with goats on the roof. It seemed this was their drop off point, so they goats were handed from the roof of the bus to people below, as this was such an amazing site to see, especially with the loud bleats of the goats….
The rest of the day was a long drive day with a few stops for food and just watching people on the road go about their everyday normal life…….
