REPAIR YARD

The flots of the old ships of Dhaka are not a tourist site itself. It is an industrial site, with all the risks it entails. If you decide to take a tour, try to hide your value effects, because the location is unsafe and the police do not risk it in the event of a problem. Nevertheless, the place receives some curious visitors and a group of young photo enthusiasts walked there during our passage without showing signs of concern.

Here, ships are put in dry dock to undergo important repairs and sometimes receive a stroke of fresh paint. You'll feel very little next to these monsters, which streets the rivers loaded with goods over the year. You will also see that the working conditions of workers at this shipyard are pathetic. Welding is carried out without helmet, gloves, glasses and nobody knows the term'safety footwear '.

To get there, the easiest thing is to privatize a boat from Sadarghat and get you to the dockyard. Ask the boatmasters to wait. The price depends on your negotiating qualities. 200 TK for travel/return and 40 minutes on site is a good price for a tourist.