Posted in Bangladesh, Nature on June 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
So a popular fruit here is the jackfruit – Bangladesh’s national fruit, in fact. I had never heard of it before, which makes sense as wikipedia tells me it only grows in South Asia. Turns out it’s the largest tree-borne fruit! Amazing. It’s everywhere here, huge and looks like this:
Now, I’m [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Golf on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I know that lots of you are really concerned about this issue, so you’ll be relieved to know that we played our first 9 holes of golf today! We got half-a-set of clubs this week in our unaccompanied baggage, which was more than enough to “hit the links.” It was, in [...]
Posted in Shopping, environment on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So you probably want to hear about Dhaka, but I’m so excited about the present I mailed myself that I’m telling you about that instead today.
http://www.bogolight.com/
It’s a solar powered flashlight! Handiest thing ever. You leave it charging on a windowsill so that it’s ready whenever you need it. It gets 6-8 hours [...]
Posted in Bangladesh on June 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This little guy was hanging out in the stairwell tonight – we’ve usually got lots of them around, especially when it rains. The guard even taught me the bangla name: tiktiki! They’re my favorite pet in tropical places since they’re killer mosquito-eaters. I adopted one in Costa Rica named Paco … any [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Nature, People, Rural scenes, Travels, tagged Water on June 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday we went on a river trip outside of Dhaka – it was great to see a glimpse of life outside the city. Here’s a couple pics to tide things over until I find the time and energy to write some things down …
Our sendoff …
The most common form of transport in much of [...]
Posted in Bangladesh on June 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
We made it! After a long flight to London, and an even longer flight to Bangladesh, we landed yesterday morning in Dhaka. So far it hasn’t even rained! Our terrific sponsor has taken us out to do some exploring – we’ve seen the Embassy, the Club, and some shopping in our neighborhood, [...]
Posted in Bangladesh on June 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We departed Washington this week for Bangladesh – at last! We’ve got some stops to make – currently we’re in NY – so we won’t get there until next week. Since we packed out a week and a half ago we’ve been living out of suitcases and moving around every few days, so [...]
