Over the Eid vacation we took a quick getaway to Beijing! And we loved it. Beijing really covered the whole spectrum of things to do, from really old, cool historical places to fun markets to top-notch international shopping. It’s a huge city! And seems to have everything on offer.
Coming from Bangladesh, [...]
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China!
Posted in Travels, Urban scenes, tagged Beijing, China on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kuala Lumpur part 2
Posted in Travels, Urban scenes on September 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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(Yes, that is M in the pool. That was the main purpose of our trip.)
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We llooooooved Kuala Lumpur. Loved it. Loved. So clean and shiny. Sparkly even. And so much food! And shopping! We spent a whole day in the mall. It was six stories — [...]
Kuala Lumpur!
Posted in Travels, Urban scenes, tagged Kuala Lumpur on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The (Deshi) Taj Majal!
Posted in Bangladesh, Travels on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another long-time to-do in Bangladesh: visit the Bangladeshi Taj Mahal! Ever since this modern marvel opened in January it’s been high on our list of must-sees.
The backstory: a Bangladeshi film director with money to burn, apparently, decided to build a replica Taj Mahal in the middle of the rice fields so that Bangladeshis without [...]
Chittagong! and Ship Breaking
Posted in Bangladesh, Rural scenes, Travels, tagged Chittagong, Ship Breaking on August 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We spent last weekend in Chittagong – Bangladesh’s second city! And while it rained the entire time we still did what we could to make the most of this mini-vacation.
Me, in the monsoon:
We visited the port, or the beach, or something. Anyways, there were lots of fishing boats:
We also visited the golf club, and [...]
Packing our bags
Posted in Bangladesh, Dog, Travels on August 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Jute Factory
Posted in Bangladesh, Rural scenes, Travels on July 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This weekend we saw the jute factory at Kumudini, one of their main income-generating projects that supports the other, charitable branches of the foundation (such as the handicrafts, plus a hospital, nurses college, and more).
Jute.
Lots of jute!
Cut jute looks like this.
Full length jute looks like this.
Then they bundle it all up and compress it [...]
Kumudini handicrafts
Posted in Bangladesh, Shopping, Travels, tagged handicrafts, Kumudini on July 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Today we visited the Narayanganj location of the Kumudini Welfare Trust of Bangladesh, a vast organization here with activities ranging from jute and pharmaceuticals to handicrafts and a nursing college. We went to see their jute factory – pictures of the jute tomorrow – but we also go to visit the workrooms to see of [...]
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