A young boy in is seen here trying to cross a bridge made out of bending green branches knotted together. The bridge is built on raw sewage drain.
A mis-step by the boy can cause more than physical damage. Note the smiling tamaash-been (spectators) on both sides.
The photo was taken in Larkana on October 2, 2009.
Photo Credits: Nadeem Akhtar at Associated Press of Pakistan.
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These kids are probably having the best time of their life. Enjoy kids!
Been there, done that ;)
Yes, we did it but it was not raw sewage drain. We were in Ghulamullah Sindh. There was a rather calm river that passed through the town and instead of green branches knotted together, we used a branch that had fallen off the tree.
Some comments from the ATP Facebook pages:
– “i would think a million times before doing it. hahaha.”
– “i wud neva eva try do this… gosh thas horible….”
– “i wud really love to do it….”
– “i cn do this really”
– “”awesome :))))”
– “I WILL DO IT IF U GET ME PUBLISHED…:)…KOOOOL”
– “It looks like great fun if it was over a canal or small stream, BUT if you fall…. you fall into raw sewage. and thats gross. imagine the risk to your health.”
@Tina
“But if you didn’t know it was raw sewage, it looks like a lovely shaded canal and a bucolic small to”
Nala Laee in Rawalpindi looks stunning in morning mist and fog :-)