Dhaka Hash House Harriers

Every Saturday afternoon some of us from the office finish work early and head off for the Dhaka Family Hash House Harriers. We head out into the country on the outskirts of Dhaka and rendezvous with other Hashers, who are mostly ex-pats from all over the world. After signing in we head off to the starting point of the run or walk. The idea is that we follow a trail of shredded paper left by Hash "hares". There are two groups, a running group and a walking group. I have been going in the walking group. The trail usually takes about an hour to walk and takes you through country-side that you would normally never ever see. We go through villages, vegetable plantations, small forests, bamboo groves, rice fields, over all sorts of terrain. It is good exercise and you get to see some interesting sights. I've included some photos from a walk we did on Sat 23rd April 2005. Enjoy.


Water Buffalo and Cart


Hay Making


Typical Rural Scene


Geese Family


Rice Fields


Bringing in the Rice


Transporting the Rice


Working With the Rice
The rice is being threshed by hand by the group on the left. The rice complete with husks is then spread out to dry on the concrete pad. Once dry the rice is picked up in baskets and tipped out again. The breeze blows the husks away from the rice grains. All work done by hand.


Typical Village Scene


Shah's Mansion Over 100 Years Old


River Scene


River Crossing