20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Boats filled with travelers crossing the river to their workplace

A busy waterway is filled with boats and their passengers in the morning commute as they try to pass on a river in Bangladesh. The boats on the Buriganga River in Bangladesh as millions of commuters attempt to cross the river daily to get to their workplace in the city of Dhaka. The Bangladeshi capital is one of the most densely populated in the world and home to around 19 million people. The waterway is quite busy in the morning as people try to get to the office and to work on time.Boats are the only way to cross this waterway so people pass rivers with these boats.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Camera: L1D-20c
Copyright: © Azim Khan Ronnie