Rangamati. PhotoFeed contest. Street life #round 123

Streetlife, my presentation for this weeks competition.

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Time for the market in mono sometimes situations and places lend themselves to a mono presentation, I did one in poly earlier thought I would throw in this upload to finish.

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It was at times very narrow and very cramped, bumped to fuck by disgruntled locals as I stopped to fire off a few

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Nice chopper fella, food standards? Hmm but I must say that in three weeks through Bangladesh I never got the shits, perhaps the west are a little bit risk averse.

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Bong at the ready

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Who blinked first? The people around me, there was a noticeable difference in their faces. Away from the capital and now closer to the border with Burma there is without question a more oriental look

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Whatever was floating in that water was not appealing

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Mostly red , but a few green

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Local tobacco

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Shop bought fags, it was a welcome sight to see people (strangely mostly women) enjoying smoking in public, unlike in the west, where the agenda has made smokers pariahs and outcasts in society. I don't smoke but I value other people's freedom to do so.

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Hi I'm new here, such a crowded place a remember my time when it market day o my goodness you can't move because there a lot people out there.. you we'll see different type of people.. with no restrictions.. sometime scary to bring kids...

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Cheers @maryam28 thanks for dropping in, love your positive vibes and appreciate your input. yes markets are busy places, full of life and adventure. Hold tight to your belongings

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I quit smoking three years ago and you nailed it. Here smokers are pariahs and outcasts, but I still make a beeline to a smoker so I can smell it.

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LOL, I get that. I do like the waft of foreign fags like camel or those french ones

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Oh yeah I used to smoke Camel at school. We had a guy at school whose brother was in the merchant navy, he brought us allsorts.

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