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Ferryman
Londoner Colin Window, a Bridge Officer on the Woolwich ferry, travels to Dhaka, Bangladesh to work as a ferryman on a Sampan - a small wooden boat.
Londoner Colin Window, a Bridge Officer on the Woolwich ferry, travels to Dhaka, Bangladesh to work as a ferryman on a Sampan - a small wooden boat - crossing one of the most congested rivers in the world. Staying in one of the city's main slums, home to people who often live on less than a pound a day, Colin takes his life in his hands as he ventures out among the giant ferries and barges on the Buriganga river.
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